Location: Portugal

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Republic of Sebayt is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President with a fair hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 4.737 billion 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although Law & Order and Social Welfare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Illuminara. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sebayt's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the sebayt.

Sebayt is ranked 105th in Portugal and 100,089th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -41 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and