Location: Middle East

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Orthodox Republic of Sahndaq is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 11.427 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Religion & Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Automobile Manufacturing.

Children are raised bilingual from an early age, biology and religious education classes have recently been merged, refugees from other nations are flocking to Sahndaq's border, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Sahndaq in an international press conference. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sahndaq's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the solidus.

Sahndaq is ranked 53rd in Middle East and 103,910th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 64 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and