Location: South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Parasitic Armored Arachnid of Siorta is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Khan with a fair hand, and notable for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.919 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalle Demos. The average income tax rate is 75%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Khan has just been declared ruler of Siorta in an international press conference, sex changes are routinely performed at Siorta's hospitals, military funding has been stripped back, and the government has enacted freedom of information. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Siorta's national animal is the german shepperd, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the goa.

Siorta is ranked 29th in South Pacific and 92,645th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -24 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and