Location: The Alliance of Grittonia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The State Authority of Tippercommon is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.832 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, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sussex. The average income tax rate is 43%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing industries.

Inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, the dead are minced up and sold to people in burger form, manufacturers are sued for almost anything not covered in their catalogue-sized manuals, and the poor are quarantined in the inner cities to prevent criminals from entering the suburbs. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Tippercommon's national animal is the Timberwolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Authority Credit.

Tippercommon is ranked 10th in The Alliance of Grittonia and 83,615th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 89 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and