Location: Wysteria

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Green and Pleasant Dominion of The Bruce is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by the Grande Elector with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 20.465 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 the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gemini. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

The Bruce's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, chess hooliganism is on the rise after the banning of organised sports, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Bruce's national animal is the Rampant Surly Badger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Jedi Church, and its currency is the Kopin.

The Bruce is ranked 205th in Wysteria and 101,401st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -85 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and