Sanity and Reason

**Sanity and Reason**
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Region	A New Beginning
Capital	Reason
Official Language(s)	English
Leader	Josiah Beurrel
Population	50,000,000
Currency	rhyme
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Information

World Factbook

UN Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists

Civil Rights: Very Good

Economy:Developing

Political Freedoms:Excellent

The Borderlands of Sanity and Reason is a very large, devout nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 50 million love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Education, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 46%, but much higher for the wealthy.

History

The Borderlands of Sanity and Reason was the brainchild of an intellectual named Josiah Frederick Beurrel. Beurrel was born in a small, opressive nation and worked at a local college, teaching primarily political science and critical thinking, and was also a founder of an intellectual group, which was forced to meet in secret. Eventually, the government began to weed out those whose views did not line up with the state. Beurrel was one of those who was targeted and was found guilty of spreading "dangerous ideologies." Beurrel went into hiding, eventually fleeing the country, along with a sizable group. The refugees sailed southeast, where they happened to come between a nation at civil war. Beurrel's group fought their way through and eventually reached a region called A New Beginning. They settled in a land which was abandoned by a former occupant. The people called their new nation the Borderlands of Sanity and Reason, and made Josiah Beurrel the first president.

Provinces

Sense: Pop. 15.2 mil. Capitol: Reason (also nation’s capitol)--Pop. 1,587,151

Intelligence: Pop. 14.75 mil. Capitol: Ethic--Pop. 828,005

Precaution: Pop. 13.3 mil. Capitol: Wisdom--Pop. 595,000

Logic: Pop. 11.1 mil. Capitol: Opportunity--Pop. 372,000

Rhetoric: Pop. 650,000 Capitol: New Ideal--Pop. 53,000

List of government members

President: Josiah Beurrel

Vice President: Adam Maxwell

Minister of State: Joan Cybald

Minister of Treasury: Jason Bankes

Minister of Defense: Steven Kelley

Attorney General: Maxine DuMonte

Minister of the Interior: Sarah Aldridge

Minister of Agriculture: Andrew Cedarwood

Minister of Commerce: Malcom Harding