Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Republic of Rapphire is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 837 million 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Public Transport and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Java City. The average income tax rate is 61%, and even higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, Republic of Rapphire's famous countrysides are shrouded by wind farms, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and anti-government web sites are springing up. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic of Rapphire's national animal is the Kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Kapt.

Republic of Rapphire is ranked 3,620th in the West Pacific and 82,090th 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