Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sun-baked Shadeless Oasis of Worshippers of Ra is a gargantuan, devout nation, ruled by the Speaker for Ra with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 14.729 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.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Public Transport, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luxor. Income tax is unheard of. A robust private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Retail.

Students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, Worshippers of Ra's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, and violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner. Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Worshippers of Ra's national animal is the Dust Devil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is the Worship of Ra, and its currency is the Scarab.

Worshippers of Ra is ranked 135th in Texas and 87,757th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and