Location: pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The The Unified Republic of Spirit of Hope is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Alfred Wardson with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.713 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass -- juggles the competing demands of Defence, Commerce, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haless. The average income tax rate is 27%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Tourism, and Information Technology industries.

The new prison system is crowding up at an alarming rate, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, copyright laws have been abolished, and Spirit of Hope's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate. Spirit of Hope's national animal is the Elephant , which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Mark.

Spirit of Hope is ranked 15th in pacific and 54,999th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -13 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and