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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Peace and Love Child of MikesHope is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 16.678 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 83%. A small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, major cities are suffering under water rationing, MikesHope's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime is totally unknown. MikesHope's national animal is the Dream Mirror, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Kiss.

MikesHope is ranked 154th in NationStates and 77,679th 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