Location: USSR

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Soviet Parliament of Soviet Shlyapy is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Aleksandr Tchaikovsky with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 3.739 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Полис. The average income tax rate is 99%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru, army rations are served on silver platters, main battle tanks stalk the woods of Soviet Shlyapy in search of Great Shlyapa Bears, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Soviet Shlyapy's national animal is the Great Shlyapa Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Yapobyet Template, and its currency is the Shlyapa.

Soviet Shlyapy is ranked 147th in USSR and 97,685th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -31 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and