Location: 84 point 25 Anomaly

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic States of Mancruff is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its quiet, industrious population of 10.191 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 37%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Voting is compulsory, school uniforms are compulsory, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste and avoid even more costly cleanup costs. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mancruff's national animal is the pliant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the gop.

Mancruff is ranked 3rd in 84 point 25 Anomaly and 40,356th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 0 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and