Location: The Proletariat Coalition

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Rogue State of Tahar Joblis is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by a complex mess of committees with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 20.267 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 devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taharasopolissa. The average income tax rate is 77%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Taharasopolissa Times is sold out, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and all tariffs have been abolished. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tahar Joblis's national animal is the giant pacific octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the emuri.

Tahar Joblis is ranked 13th in The Proletariat Coalition and 98,999th 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