Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Salamander Skin Shoes is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.391 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Law & Order, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 25%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Trout Farming.

Crime is a serious problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Salamander Skin Shoes's national animal is the salamander, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the shoe.

Salamander Skin Shoes is ranked 1,204th in Balder and 50,412th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and