Location: Chloronesia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Tessen is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by PM Josiah Colton with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 15.829 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, Commerce, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chelan. The average income tax rate is 5%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, the nation's gigantic air force is both respected and feared, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, and the fire protection service is wholly government-funded. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tessen's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Secularism, and its currency is the dollar.

Tessen is ranked 1st in Chloronesia and 2,910th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and