Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Equal Opportunity Nation of Moftan is a gargantuan, devout nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 12.101 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

Abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, citizens are forbidden from leaving the country, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Moftan City Times is sold out, and senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Moftan's national animal is the emu, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the mofian.

Moftan is ranked 23rd in Lazarus and 244th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 247 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and