Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dominion of Sierra Lobo is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by His Grace Gerald de Valien III with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.938 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoenixia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Information Technology and Book Publishing.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes', long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences, and tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sierra Lobo's national animal is the phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is The Holy Veil of the Ysl Flame, and its currency is the lira.

Sierra Lobo is ranked 33rd in the South Pacific and 2,070th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 12 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and