Location: The Maritimes

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Endless Forest of Sedelh is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.721 billion enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Treetop. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, and Sedelh's educational system is the envy of many and regarded as a pinnacle of academic achievement. Crime is totally unknown. Sedelh's national animal is the ancient forest spirit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Unitarian Universalist, and its currency is the grapefruit juice.

Sedelh is ranked 20th in The Maritimes and 101,456th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -98 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and