Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Mahoune is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jed Bartlett with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.367 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, Social Welfare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mahouna. The average income tax rate is 89%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Mahoune has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, local executives are seen on the corner with cardboard signs reading "will oppress the masses for food", and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mahoune's national animal is the Slow Lloris, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the banana.

Mahoune is ranked 4,000th in the Pacific and 96,671st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -29 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and