Location: International Democratic Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Independent Commonwealth of Ossitania is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jareth Keane with a fair hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 4.886 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hope. The average income tax rate is 87%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, and the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security. Crime is totally unknown. Ossitania's national animal is the Hippopotamus, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is atheism, and its currency is the Broeckchen.

Ossitania is ranked 65th in International Democratic Union and 91,630th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -23 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and