Location: The Sanctus Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Lishima is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Elisabeth Langer with a fair hand, and remarkable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.667 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lishima City. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Bizarre-looking creatures called 'Foxdogs' dominate wildlife preserves, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, euthanasia is legal, and Lishima is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lishima's national animal is the Fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Langer.

Lishima is ranked 1st in The Sanctus Islands and 125,944th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -7 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and