Location: European Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dominion of Transwinschoterdiepia is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Sir Henry Luppo Bessembinders with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.694 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and Public Transport are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Finnewold. The average income tax rate is 10%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology industries.

Teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, children are raised bilingual from an early age, and electrocution deaths among computer technicians are at an all-time high. Crime is well under control. Transwinschoterdiepia's national animal is the chicken, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the TWD Pound.

Transwinschoterdiepia is ranked 7th in European Union and 4,206th 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