Location: The Utopian Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of The Nation of Tamil Tiggers is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 595 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tamil City. The average income tax rate is 70%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, clothed men and nude women illustrate the stark contrasts in the nation's equality laws, midnight pizza breaks are common among the work-from-home population, and priests are being drafted by the church load. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Nation of Tamil Tiggers's national animal is the Tigger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Tamil.

The Nation of Tamil Tiggers is ranked 2nd in The Utopian Empire and 82,506th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and