Overview

The description for the Republic of Avoidants as of August 29, 2007 is as follows:

The Republic of Avoidants is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 542 million 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 95%. A nonexistent private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, meat-eating is frowned upon, and the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees. Crime is totally unknown. Avoidants's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Avoidants is ranked 58th in the region and 20,694th in the world for Most Income Equality.

History

The Republic of Avoidants was founded in 2007 by a few introverted but intelligent friends who wanted to establish a utopia for other introverts like themselves. The republic was founded upon the principle that true merit, compassion and cooperation, and diligence are qualities that should be valued and encouraged over traits traditionally considered necessary for success, such as gregariousness, self-promotion, and outspokenness. From its small and humble beginnings, the republic has since become a magnet for introverts and quiet intellectuals from all over the world, seeking a place for meeting like-minded individuals, or perhaps just a refuge from the loud and obnoxious people typically dominating popular culture in other areas. The Republic of Avoidants has flourished into a thriving nation of over half a billion citizens who have come to develop a rich culture and a strong sense of national identity.