Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Friends of Venner is a massive, safe nation, notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.614 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vän. The average income tax rate is 97%. 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 giving peace a chance, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, refugees from other nations are flocking to Venner's border, and the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Venner after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Venner's national animal is the puppy dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the trade.

Venner is ranked 2,033rd in 10000 Islands and 99,212th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -36 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and