Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Ravsew is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Daniel Blu with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.6 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 is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and the Environment are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ravsew City. The average income tax rate is 85%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The government tries to improve relations with hostile countries by sending gift baskets, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, refugees from other nations are flocking to Ravsew's border, and the RBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ravsew'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 Eren.

Ravsew is ranked 4,671st in the South Pacific and 98,394th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -33 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and