Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Isles of Pai Lei is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Jean Zuju with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.331 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lue Mio City. The average income tax rate is 41%, but much 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, Pai Lei's famous countrysides are shrouded by wind farms, the people of Pai Lei are renowned for their nihilistic attitudes, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pai Lei's national animal is the lobster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Tai.

Pai Lei is ranked 2,618th in Balder and 98,709th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and