Location: Urbanites

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Protectorate of Sound of Jura is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate population of 3.57 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government concentrates mainly on Education, although Law & Order and Healthcare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 27%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Basket Weaving industry.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, meat-eating is frowned upon, and the wild cat is a protected species. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sound of Jura's national animal is the wild cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the rock.

Sound of Jura is ranked 4th in Urbanites and 30,048th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and