Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sovereign and Serene State of Rectangulo Circular is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.44 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 Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of coisa triangular. The average income tax rate is 48%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Gambling.

The government is spending billions of taxpayer coisa redondas to support the Information Technology industry, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, Rectangulo Circular has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Rectangulo Circular. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rectangulo Circular's national animal is the coisa quadrada, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the coisa redonda.

Rectangulo Circular is ranked 91st in the South Pacific and 4,088th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and