Location: Osiris

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nomadic Peoples of The Aspen Steppes is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.195 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.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Social Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

Billions of Prairie Dogs are being blown on orbital weapons development, major internet servers have acquired citizenship and are voting in national elections, organ donation is compulsory, and Leader has just been declared ruler of The Aspen Steppes in an international press conference. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. The Aspen Steppes's national animal is the Prairie Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Prairie Dog.

The Aspen Steppes is ranked 1,618th in Osiris and 66,396th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and