Location: LUE

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Eternal Vigil of Stella Amore is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.408 billion enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Social Equality are secondary priorities. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

Artists are jailed regularly and art-burning parties are common, citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament, and the number of children one can have is restricted by law. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stella Amore's national animal is the Stellar Dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Shooting Star.

Stella Amore is ranked 4th in LUE and 88,887th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and