Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Deep South of Scipium is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Jesse Helms with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.411 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The large, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Religion & Spirituality, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Charleston. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology industries.

The airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, most governmental positions are filled by zealous nationalists, and citizens must pay to enjoy Scipium's pristine beaches. Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Scipium's national animal is the Longhorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Deism, and its currency is the Dollar.

Scipium is ranked 84th in Texas and 73,857th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 16 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and