Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Semar is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 17.699 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 Education, the Environment, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 27%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, and Semar's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Semar's national animal is the magpie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Semar is ranked 4,253rd in The East Pacific and 101,326th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -74 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and