Location: Discordia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Pasteur is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 673 million 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, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 30%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

Loans are available for students from poor families, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, and businesses often fire workers in favour of cheaper automatic systems. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive. Pasteur's national animal is the SCerevisiea, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Dextrose.

Pasteur is ranked 10th in Discordia and 60,419th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -13 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and