Location: Nova

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Protectorate of The Lataan is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Federal Premier Satine Fornoph with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.699 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.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laurmon't. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery industries.

Space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and students cut up leftover Yield s during Arts and Crafts. Crime is a problem. The Lataan's national animal is the Buffalo , which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Yield .

The Lataan is ranked 8th in Nova and 11,418th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and