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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Jamhuri ya Muungano of Tanzania is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Jakaya Kikwete with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.335 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.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dodoma. The average income tax rate is 37%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Police officers are seen patrolling the streets armed with satellite-guided truncheons, all guns must be registered, Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime is relatively low. Tanzania's national animal is the white-bearded wildebeest, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Shilling.

Tanzania is ranked 2nd in The Earth and 58,004th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -13 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and