Location: Capitalist Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republica Constitucional of Queimada Grande is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Presidente José da-Lança with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.979 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Defence and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cidade Serpente. The average income tax rate is 28%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

The government pours millions of Cruzeiro Dourados into rehabilitation programs annually, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality, citizens select which government department gets their income tax Cruzeiro Dourados each year, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Queimada Grande's national animal is the Dourado Fer-de-Lança, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is the Culto da Serpente Dourada, and its currency is the Cruzeiro Dourado.

Queimada Grande is ranked 275th in Capitalist Paradise and 86,638th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and