Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Land of Tzo is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 18.179 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Serenity. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

The government is spending millions on 'trust campaigns' in an effort to win back the public's support, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, the nationalized auto industry is adept at making durable little cars nobody wants to drive, and citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages. Crime is totally unknown. Tzo's national animal is the Albatros, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Unit.

Tzo is ranked 1st in 10000 Islands and 4th in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,044 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and