Location: Kyzikos

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Major Recruitment is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 768 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded government concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Social Equality and Healthcare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 27%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes and the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event. Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Major Recruitment's national animal is the fdsa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the adf.

Major Recruitment is ranked 78th in Kyzikos and 29,246th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and