Location: The Internationale

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Cosmic Attitude Adjustment of Tachanka is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 7.759 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.

Charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, the number of students attending university has reached a record high, and Tachanka is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime is totally unknown. Tachanka's national animal is the nestor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the makhno.

Tachanka is ranked 30th in The Internationale and 13,151st in the world for Most Influential, scoring 32 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and