Location: United Alliance Of Nations

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Rahulistan is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Lord Saldanha with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.119 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rahuville. The average income tax rate is 67%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Information Technology and Book Publishing.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory minature radios, and urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rahulistan's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Rupia.

Rahulistan is ranked 5th in United Alliance Of Nations and 89,571st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and