Welcome to the homepage of the Republic of Audland

Welcome to the homepage of the Republic of Audland. Audland is a fictional nation within the game of NationStates. NationStates is a game where you make your own nation, and through your position on issues and roleplaying, you can decide what your nation is like. The Republic of Audland is a large, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 12,254,665 are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated very strictly. The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 45%, but much higher for the wealthy. A relatively small private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry. Many tariffs have been abolished, the death penalty has been reintroduced, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, and marijuana is legal for medical purposes. Crime is totally unknown. Audland's national animal is the dove, which flys freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Simoleon. Audland is ranked 10th out of 12 in the region and 42,698th in the world for Largest Public Sector.