Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Antarctic Republic of Meltannesia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by prime minister Isum Samsa with a fair hand, and renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.751 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 concentrates mainly on the Environment, although Education and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Melta Point. The average income tax rate is 49%, but much higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy. Crime is totally unknown. Meltannesia's national animal is the Antarctic Prion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Meltannese Florin.

Meltannesia is ranked 2,214th in The East Pacific and 63,878th in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 16 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and