Location: Halo

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of New Phyrreus is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Aitchison with a fair hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.178 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newcastle. The average income tax rate is 81%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the nation leads Halo in per capita stalking, the nation's gigantic air force is both respected and feared, and computer users are buried daily in thousands of unsolicited emails. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem. New Phyrreus's national animal is the Dingo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Sovereign.

New Phyrreus is ranked 6th in Halo and 11,646th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 21 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and