Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of Virathia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Johnson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.952 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Equality and Commerce are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District of Virathia. The average income tax rate is 80%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, cars speed down national highways while drivers sleep at the wheel, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The District of Virathia Times is sold out. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Virathia's national animal is the joysh, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the aequitas.

Virathia is ranked 4,663rd in the South Pacific and 97,946th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and