Location: The Highlands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of The Highlands Founder is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-working, cynical population of 3.655 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 23%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.

Elections have been outlawed. Crime is a problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. The Highlands Founder's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the pound sterling.

The Highlands Founder is ranked 1st in The Highlands and 51,135th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and