Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Legacy of Sraybest is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sraybest with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.314 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sraybest City. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Sraybest's national animal is the Sting Ray, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Sray.

Sraybest is ranked 4,002nd in the West Pacific and 94,331st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and