Location: Eagleland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Republic of Renix is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.957 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Defence and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 86%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Renix's national animal is the Mongoose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Orue.

Renix is ranked 3rd in Eagleland and 89,994th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -22 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and