Location: Equilism

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Allied Peoples State of Tung-Charpia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The PM with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.385 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tung-Charpia City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tung-Charpia's national animal is the Zebra, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Giju.

Tung-Charpia is ranked 89th in Equilism and 99,528th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -37 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and