Location: Portugal

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic People's Republic of Tiago Silva is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 17.844 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, socially-minded individuals is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Equality and Healthcare are secondary priorities. Income tax is unheard of. 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.

Political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, a new generation of aquariumless hotels are being built under government supervision, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown. Tiago Silva's national animal is the chollima, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the won.

Tiago Silva is ranked 121st in Portugal and 129,191st in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring -22 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and