Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Madeira Republic is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Michael The Great Mendes with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 788 million hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Peoplepolis. The average income tax rate is 74%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Information Technology.

Much of Madeira Republic's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, and welfare funding has recently gone through the roof. Crime is totally unknown. Madeira Republic's national animal is the Sloth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Euro.

Madeira Republic is ranked 1,766th in 10000 Islands and 91,965th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -23 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and