Location: Sapphire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Unified Factional Council of Saphirasia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Premier Sergei Zhukov with an even hand, and notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed population of 4.499 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arovostok. The average income tax rate is 4%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, bombs are permitted on planes for the 'security of the passengers', the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, and traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Saphirasia's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is something-or-other, and its currency is the ruble.

Saphirasia is ranked 30th in Sapphire and 128,330th in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -69 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and