Location: SPACE

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federated Democratic States of Xanthal is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its intelligent population of 20.822 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, Social Equality, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olink. The average income tax rate is 78%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The XBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, private business has started paving paradises and putting up parking lots, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Xanthal's national animal is the fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the quinault.

Xanthal is ranked 69th in SPACE and 125,534th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -7 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and