Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Omnipotent Power of Phrados is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Neek Fec with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 5.347 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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 Ety. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 94%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, nine out of ten citizens of Phrados answered 'nuclear safety inspector' when asked their occupation, the nation leads 10000 Islands in per capita stalking, and the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Phrados after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phrados's national animal is the Warg, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Thiveef Draz.

Phrados is ranked 97th in 10000 Islands and 4,001st in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 28 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and