Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Mayav is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Marshal with an iron fist, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.653 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of chennai. The average income tax rate is 96%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

A government program is underway to revitalize Mayav's beaches, nude art is becoming wildly popular, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mayav's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is hinduism, and its currency is the rupee.

Mayav is ranked 3,783rd in The East Pacific and 85,407th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and