Tadbekistan

NationStates entry for Tadbekistan as of 6 June 2005

The Republic of Tadbekistan is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 80 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Pizza Delivery.

Organ donation rates have hit a new low, naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, otherwise healthy people are being sent to internment camps just because they have VODAIS, and the right to free speech is being drastically curtailed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tadbekistan's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollars.