Location: Africa

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Theological Democracy of United Faiths is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate population of 19.698 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Public Transport and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 78%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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 tenet of free speech is held dear, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and same-sex marriages are increasingly common. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Faiths's national animal is the cuscus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Unconsecrated Eucharist.

United Faiths is ranked 40th in Africa and 96,021st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -28 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and