Location: CYOC

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Zorgoza is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Pierre Belpois with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.207 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xique. The average income tax rate is 75%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills, and government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zorgoza's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the World Credit.

Zorgoza is ranked 11th in CYOC and 96,675th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -29 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and