Location: France

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republique of Rantchess is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Usain Bolt with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 20.066 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rantchessia. The average income tax rate is 95%. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, the government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rantchess's national animal is the hydre a deux tetes, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the euro.

Rantchess is ranked 19th in France and 99,927th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -40 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and