Location: Europeia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of The Libertarica Union is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 584 million enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government is mainly concerned with Defence, although Commerce and Public Transport are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halcyon City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing industries.

Parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. The Libertarica Union's national animal is the Lynx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the LU dollar.

The Libertarica Union is ranked 785th in Europeia and 73,530th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -15 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and