The United Socialist States of Socialist Union of Citizens is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, intelligent population of 197 million Socialists are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Equality and Defence are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.
A ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, scientists recently cloned the long-extinct feather-bellied Saltwater Betta Fish, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, and criminals are thrown to the Saltwater Betta Fish to repay their debt to society. Crime—especially youth-related—is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist Union of Citizens's national animal is the Saltwater Betta Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its currency is the Union Credit.
Socialist Union of Citizens is ranked 2nd in United Free Sovereign Nations and 92,300th in the world for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -9 on the Hayek Index.
News[]
- We have passed new legislation to allow those with concealed firearm licenses to carry firearms on planes after a wave of plane-related terrorist attacks.
- We have passed new legislation to allow archaeologists to dig up the remains of an old temple found when a mall was being built.