Location: Talos

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Caliphate of The United Soviet Socialist Republic is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Caliph Mohammad Reza with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.848 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moscow. The average income tax rate is 99%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, criminals are thrown to the Tigers to repay their debt to society, The United Soviet Socialist Republic's newly-famous raindances to summon storms instead attract tourists from all over Talos, and only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The United Soviet Socialist Republic's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Islam, and its currency is the Rouble.

The United Soviet Socialist Republic is ranked 14th in Talos and 123,483rd in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -27 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and