Location: Islandia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United States of Mike the Progressive is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Robot Nixon with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed population of 3.24 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Twin Peaks. The average income tax rate is 25%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Gambling industries.

Legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways. Crime is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mike the Progressive's national animal is the bald eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Roman Catholicism, and its currency is the USD.

Mike the Progressive is ranked 65th in Islandia and 85,694th 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