Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Multatuli is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lord Bucket with a fair hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.088 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Augsbuurt. The average income tax rate is 55%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, the welfare administration’s new sweeping authority has forced the poor and needy to shop from pre-approved grocery lists, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and Manticores are becoming popular in pet stores nationwide. Crime is relatively low. Multatuli's national animal is the Manticore, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Euro.

Multatuli is ranked 115th in Europe and 26,745th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and