Location: Greater Dienstad

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Unified Federation of Mokastana is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President of the Federation Benito Vera with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 11.37 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 juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mokastana City. The average income tax rate is 97%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Gambling and Tourism.

A weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mokastana's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gold Labor.

Mokastana is ranked 47th in Greater Dienstad and 92,421st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -23 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and