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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of The Greater Mendota Republic is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate population of 2.916 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

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 Equality, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mendopolis. The average income tax rate is 72%, 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.

The The Greater Mendota Republic Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, the Father of the House has been in office just shy of a fortnight, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, and citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Greater Mendota Republic's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the WACS.

The Greater Mendota Republic is ranked 722nd in Balder and 21,008th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 17 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and