Location: International Democratic Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The National Township of Riesenschnauzer is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 11.282 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.

The small government concentrates mainly on Education, although Commerce and Social Welfare are on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A robust private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Gambling.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, the government is reining in public spending, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Riesenschnauzer's national animal is the wild schnauzer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the schnauzermark.

Riesenschnauzer is ranked 82nd in International Democratic Union and 116,999th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 5 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and