Location: Portugal

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Mighty People of Refugiado is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Great Khan with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed population of 5.002 billion 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Raccoon City. The average income tax rate is 93%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

National parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys', the government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, the government pours millions of calvins into rehabilitation programs annually, and major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Refugiado's national animal is the hobbes, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Great Khan's Love, and its currency is the calvin.

Refugiado is ranked 99th in Portugal and 97,989th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and