Location: Lucerna

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Socialist Republic of Sorgan is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Chairman Behram Khoroushi with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.707 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt 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 Tāskām. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Meat-eating is frowned upon, the bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Tāskām, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, and college students sell their most valuable possessions just to afford pizza. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sorgan's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is none, and its currency is the Sorganian Rial.

Sorgan is ranked 55th in Lucerna and 114,179th in the world for Most Pacifist, scoring -400 on the Lennon-Springsteen Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and