Location: Violet Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Lunar Aethis is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Echt oLunaritico with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate population of 816 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Information Technology.

The government seizes all major gold finds, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, Lunar Aethis's educational system is the envy of many and regarded as a pinnacle of academic achievement, and government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries. Crime is totally unknown. Lunar Aethis's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Igan.

Lunar Aethis is ranked 1st in Violet Islands and 57,389th in the world for Most Conservative, scoring 52 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and