Location: Nasicournia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Imperial Republic of Saint Danielsburg is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 4.136 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Ingress. The average income tax rate is 20%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Information Technology.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and most citizens in Saint Danielsburg are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Danielsburg's national animal is the orange tarantula, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Imperial credit.

Saint Danielsburg is ranked 45th in Nasicournia and 98,468th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -33 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and