Location: Arabia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Protectorate of Serit Al Jawf is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its cynical population of 857 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government appears to have no policy direction whatsoever. The average income tax rate is 28%, but much higher for the wealthy. A very small private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Information Technology.

Voting is voluntary, the right to free speech is being drastically curtailed, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and military spending is on the increase. Crime is well under control, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Serit Al Jawf's national animal is the miner, and its currency is the pick.

Serit Al Jawf is ranked 2nd in Arabia and 10,028th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -5 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and