Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Mediterra is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 776 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Equality and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monterra. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. A nonexistent private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Eminent domain has been abolished, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, the arms industry is strictly regulated, and space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mediterra's national animal is the Örnë, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Metz.

Mediterra is ranked 302nd in Europe and 77,042nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and