Location: Equilism

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Proletariat Republic of Qufafi is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 12.252 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, Black Eagle is one of the most popular forenames in Qufafi, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Qufafi's national animal is the Black Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Standard Sterling.

Qufafi is ranked 87th in Equilism and 97,902nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -31 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and