Location: Africa

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fair Queendom of Phazania is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.838 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 juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, the Environment, and Education. The average income tax rate is 84%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing.

Drunk drivers are sentenced to death, jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses', travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phazania's national animal is the owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the cozlo.

Phazania is ranked 47th in Africa and 99,402nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -37 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and