Location: Equilism

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Benevolent Monarchy of Pensee is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Céitinn with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.553 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Information Technology.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, international tensions are high as Pensee threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and citizens select which government department gets their income tax Eiticiúlas each year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pensee's national animal is the Critter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Eiticiúla.

Pensee is ranked 82nd in Equilism and 95,747th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -27 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and