Location: Iran

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Design Bureau of Mikojan - goerevitsj is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, cynical population of 8.245 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mikojan - goerevitsj City. The average income tax rate is 76%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.

Mikojan - goerevitsj's army is full of two-metre tall super-soldiers, Mikojan - goerevitsj has designated Mikojan - goerevitsj City as its capital city, soldiers are slaughtered in their thousands due to lack of training, and the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Mikojan - goerevitsj's national animal is the steppenwolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Turboprop, and its currency is the wodka.

Mikojan - goerevitsj is ranked 18th in Iran and 47,697th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and