Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Westphalium is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by JanUricVanErkinvinkle with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.934 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Republic City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Information Technology.

Teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, the upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Westphalium's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Denarius.

Westphalium is ranked 146th in Texas and 93,704th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and