Location: SideWalk Zone

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Colony of United Jay Emirates is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jay Myers with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.352 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dubai. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Woodchip Exports.

Bicyclists are banned from major roads, military barracks resemble five-star hotels, photographers have to apply for a license to photograph Jay Myers, and pristine wilderness has been trashed in the quest for cheaper oil. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Jay Emirates's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Platinum Dollar.

United Jay Emirates is ranked 6th in SideWalk Zone and 35,577th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 146 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and