Location: Greater Dienstad

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Socialist Republic of Osea 767 is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Premier Eric Ruhle with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 8.634 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Serovskaya. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, and newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Osea 767's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Eastern Orthadox Christianity, and its currency is the Osean Ruble.

Osea 767 is ranked 39th in Greater Dienstad and 88,990th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -67 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and