Location: The Middle East

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of United State Of Jewish is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 586 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jewishsalem. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

The commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled United State Of Jewish with a very polite populace, drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, most citizens in United State Of Jewish are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, and wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United State Of Jewish's national animal is the pigeon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Jewish Shekel.

United State Of Jewish is ranked 12th in The Middle East and 86,629th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and