Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Socialist States of Verguile is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Lothor Hamstrings with an even hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate population of 2.07 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Felnoric. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Meat-eating is frowned upon, the tenet of free speech is held dear, priests are being drafted by the church load, and Red Cross demand for body bags are rising while sutures are decreasing. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Verguile's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Kronz.

Verguile is ranked 4,377th in The North Pacific and 95,834th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -27 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and