Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Republic of Woof Country is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.514 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Woof City. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining industries.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, almost half of the child population live rough on the streets, and major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Woof Country's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Woc.

Woof Country is ranked 3,635th in the Pacific and 84,601st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and