Location: Ellorea

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Most Noble Republican Union of Ostronopolis is a colossal, devout nation, ruled by Regents Ulprus and Iaiose with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.229 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nakaplium. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, morning coffees are no longer the same since the disappearance of newspapers, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostronopolis's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Zeodiasianism, and its currency is the Kremos.

Ostronopolis is ranked 3rd in Ellorea and 1,917th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 30 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and