Location: Taijitu

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Land of Taijitu Founder is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Delegate Gulliver with a fair hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.315 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Law & Order are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 26%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Gambling industries.

Endermans are considered a delicacy, city sidewalks are crowded with overweight people, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taijitu Founder's national animal is the enderman, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the tai.

Taijitu Founder is ranked 43rd in Taijitu and 17,641st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -9 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and