Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Ravenous Maneaters of Liarg is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by James II with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.416 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Liarg City. The average income tax rate is 94%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, the government snoops on private internet connections, waste is frequently shipped to other countries, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Liarg's national animal is the African Swallow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Newton.

Liarg is ranked 65th in Canada and 37,014th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and