Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Jingoistic States of Petrozavodsk is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 657 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Voronezh. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 55%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Tourism and Information Technology.

Corporations cut costs by taking away safety-features on their products, military spending recently hit a new high, nine out of ten citizens of Petrozavodsk answered 'nuclear safety inspector' when asked their occupation, and wealthy students ride to school past mendicant dropouts. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Petrozavodsk's national animal is the Siberian Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Ruble.

Petrozavodsk is ranked 3,716th in The East Pacific and 85,097th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and