Location: Lago Azul

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sacred Lands of Septemash is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pedro Rodriguez with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-working, intelligent population of 1.051 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saminiso. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Military spending is on the increase, Kamina has been named as Septemash's national religion, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Septemash's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Kamina, and its currency is the Septainian Dollar.

Septemash is ranked 5th in Lago Azul and 78,176th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -16 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and