Location: Peschici

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Greater Republic of Maeksa is a massive, economically powerful nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.681 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, pro-business morass -- juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anacostia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling industries.

The government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, midnight raids drag couples from their homes in the name of decency, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Maeksa's national animal is the Black Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Dollar.

Maeksa is ranked 4th in Peschici and 10,922nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and