Location: Capitalist Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Technocracy of Rashaulgia is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by a Webserver named VAL-900 with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.896 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass -- juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of McDonalds Park and Preserve. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Tourism industries.

A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rashaulgia's national animal is the jarred einstein, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Java Beans Specifications, and its currency is the Moola.

Rashaulgia is ranked 252nd in Capitalist Paradise and 76,126th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -16 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and