Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sovereign State of Osea Island is a massive, safe nation, ruled by the Monarch of Osea with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 3.877 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Education and Defence are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olympia. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

All guns must be registered, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, and the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Osea Island's national animal is the Grey Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Human Secularism, and its currency is the Osean dollar.

Osea Island is ranked 2,017th in 10000 Islands and 98,780th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -34 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and