Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Allied States of Scalius is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 801 million 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maruuk. The average income tax rate is 81%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Cars are banned, airport security is provided by private companies, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Scalius's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Scale.

Scalius is ranked 4,079th in The East Pacific and 95,036th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -26 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and