Location: Long island sound and coastline

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic republic of Magic Dylantis is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.313 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy 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 Religion & Spirituality, Social Welfare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of iguanopilis. The average income tax rate is 83%. 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.

Political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, emergency room admissions for 'stampede injuries' have skyrocketed since the introduction of weekly Sabbath Eve sales, the police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, and roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Magic Dylantis's national animal is the angelic iguana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the scallop.

Magic Dylantis is ranked 7th in Long island sound and coastline and 92,193rd 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