Location: USSR

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The RevDem People's Republic of Socialist Montanistan is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.441 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 99%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, anti-government web sites are springing up, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Socialist Montanistan. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Socialist Montanistan's national animal is the Bullet Sponge, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Sickle.

Socialist Montanistan is ranked 155th in USSR and 100,037th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -41 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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