Location: Slovenija

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of Stain is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 603 million 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stain City. The average income tax rate is 65%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Trout Farming industries.

Stain has designated Stain City as its capital city, motorists' locations are constantly tracked by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime is totally unknown. Stain's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Euro.

Stain is ranked 2nd in Slovenija and 87,844th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and