Location: North Africa

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nomadic Peoples of North Africa Recruiting is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 983 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 20%. A large private sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, followed by Furniture Restoration and Beef-Based Agriculture.

Crime is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. North Africa Recruiting's national animal is the recruiter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the recruit.

North Africa Recruiting is ranked 243rd in North Africa and 49,937th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and