Location: Greece

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Tawnee Stone is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 11.793 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 70%, 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.

Waste is frequently shipped to other countries, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, loans are available for students from poor families, and the roads are virtually falling apart. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Tawnee Stone's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Tawnee Stone is ranked 38th in Greece and 87,713th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and