Location: Capitalist Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Allied States of The Holonet is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fluke Airwalker with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.537 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coruscant. The average income tax rate is 3%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Major internet servers have acquired citizenship and are voting in national elections, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel, and the government pours millions of wons into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. The Holonet's national animal is the coqui, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the won.

The Holonet is ranked 297th in Capitalist Paradise and 98,922nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -35 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and