Location: Europeia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of Sicilania is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Grand Duke Wilhelm with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.403 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cité de Sicilania. The average income tax rate is 93%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Information Technology and Pizza Delivery.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, Tigers are considered a delicacy, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Sicilania's border. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sicilania's national animal is the Tiger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Islachristianojudaisanity, and its currency is the Dollar.

Sicilania is ranked 1,228th in Europeia and 95,606th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -27 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and