Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of The sword master is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 2.046 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Public Transport, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of capital city. The average income tax rate is 64%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Gambling industries.

Criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear, bombs are permitted on planes for the 'security of the passengers', a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and condemned prisoners spend hours a day sitting in lotus position looking perplexed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The sword master's national animal is the cotton mouth, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the golden coins.

The sword master is ranked 3,747th in The North Pacific and 80,345th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and