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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Community of The Walk of Life is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by MrLife with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.313 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The large, liberal government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of LifeCity. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Woodchip Exports.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government is avowedly atheist, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime is totally unknown. The Walk of Life's national animal is the songbird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the guitar.

The Walk of Life is ranked 78th in 0000000000 and 30,036th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and