Location: Wysteria

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Land of Shunnach is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by O Great One with an even hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 8.404 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strathmungo. The average income tax rate is 55%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Soda Sales.

Organ donation is compulsory, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shunnach's national animal is the feral cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the baw bee.

Shunnach is ranked 180th in Wysteria and 98,125th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and