Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Republic of Saarund is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Chairman Kozlovsky with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.35 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 is mainly concerned with Education, although Healthcare and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brykkær. The average income tax rate is 56%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, Saarund has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Chairman Kozlovsky's bedroom, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saarund's national animal is the white tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the venyr.

Saarund is ranked 4,359th in The North Pacific and 95,346th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -27 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and