Location: Xanadou

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Queendom of Soryanastan is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Liu Yi Fei III with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.407 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Malyan. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing industries.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, students cut up leftover Royal Notess during Arts and Crafts, vanity is considered the eighth cardinal virtue, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime is moderate. Soryanastan's national animal is the Monarch Butterfly, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Marshism, and its currency is the Royal Notes.

Soryanastan is ranked 7th in Xanadou and 79,190th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and