Location: Empires of Earth

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Lands of Swift Sure is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.817 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swift Sure City. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime is well under control. Swift Sure's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the aureus.

Swift Sure is ranked 99th in Empires of Earth and 99,100th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -35 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and