Location: Ireland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Seany O is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Sean with a fair hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.652 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kenmare. The average income tax rate is 65%, and even higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Senior citizens are often found slaving away in factories, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, and citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Seany O's national animal is the Hawk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Catholic, and its currency is the Quid.

Seany O is ranked 28th in Ireland and 89,473rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and