Location: Esportiva

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Island Duchy of Licentiapacisterra is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Luke Thomas II with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.044 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montfort. The average income tax rate is 90%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, a government program is underway to revitalize Licentiapacisterra's beaches, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and the government is avowedly atheist. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Licentiapacisterra's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Licentian Pound.

Licentiapacisterra is ranked 4th in Esportiva and 4,892nd in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 97 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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