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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Theocracy of The Serene City is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by MrSerene with an even hand, and remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate population of 6.336 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Religion & Spirituality, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SereneCity. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, surveillance cameras are banned, citizens select which government department gets their income tax gifts each year, and citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. The Serene City's national animal is the dove, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the gift.

The Serene City is ranked 105th in 0000000000 and 56,699th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -13 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and