Location: Altrania

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The Rossistic Republic of Rossiyan union is a massive, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.3 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rossopolis. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Tourism industries.

Drunk drivers are sentenced to death, loans are available for students from poor families, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and sex changes are routinely performed at Rossiyan union's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rossiyan union's national animal is the Owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Modern Hellenism, and its currency is the Rossiyan Drachess.

Rossiyan union is ranked 1st in Altrania and 13,293rd in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 9 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and