Location: belgium

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dark Land of Rain and Shadow is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 766 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Social Welfare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rainy Ville. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, euthanasia is legal, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Rain and Shadow in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown. Rain and Shadow's national animal is the eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Rage.

Rain and Shadow is ranked 84th in belgium and 84,525th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and