Nations

Selecting nations on BitLife, as of July 2022.

**Nations** are the representation of real-world nations within the game that bitizens can inhabit (not all nations are countries, some are territories, but the majority are countries). Players can emigrate to 8 nations that are randomized every time player press the "Emigrate" button in the activities. When a character emigrates to another nation, they can renovate but cannot use property in the former location and they may can travel to funerals and can visit people outside their country without emigrating. If a character has a lover and kids, they may vacation or emigrate with the character if they desire, with added cost for multiple people. The player also has to find a new career in the current location. If a character is on the run from crimes, the crimes will not affect their ability to find jobs, adopt, and join the military, provided that they emigrated legally. Some locations represent their local currencies such as Euros (€) and Pounds (£), but most use the standard Dollar symbol.

## Nations Update History

* On September 29, 2018, the game was launched. The original countries are: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.
* On March 2019, BitLife released the following countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, Portugal, Romania, and Singapore. 8 more countries are counted.
* On June 9, 2019, BitLife released the following countries: Afghanistan, Belgium, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Iraq, Poland, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, and Uruguay. 12 more countries are counted.
* On October 29, 2019, BitLife released the following countries: Czech Republic, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Pakistan, & Syria. 8 more countries are counted.
* On December 19, 2019, BitLife released the following countries: Austria, Bahamas, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mongolia, Nepal, Ukraine, and Vietnam. 12 more countries are counted.
* On May 10, 2020, BitLife released the following countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Jordan, Qatar, Slovakia, and Zimbabwe. 10 more countries are counted.
* On July 8, 2022, BitLife released the following countries: Andorra, Angola, Aruba, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Samoa, Tunisia, and Uganda. 14 more countries are counted.

## Royalty

Some countries have kings/queens, dukes/duchesses, emperors/empresses, etc. If you have God Mode, you can choose to be born into royalty. If you do not own God Mode, you can still marry into royalty, or very rarely, be born into it.

**Countries with royalty include:**

* Belgium
* Denmark
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kuwait
* Malaysia
* Morocco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom

## Death/estate tax

Death/estate tax is where, when you move on to a new generation, your previous generation's money is taxed. This means that if you leave 100,000 to your child, then you become your child, you will not be given the full 100,000. This tax can be irritating, particularly for players attempting to get high wealth achievements.

**Countries without death/estate tax\*:**

* Australia (also has highest currency worth)
* Austria
* Bahamas
* Canada
* China
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* India
* Israel
* Mexico
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* United Arab Emirates

* This information is both from players as well as legal facts, as Bitlife follows real-world country guidelines. However, Bitlife might not be up-to-date or may have changed the taxes.

## Annual Tax

In Bitlife, you might have noticed that your player character doesn't take home the full salary that they earn. A portion of it goes to taxes (alongside other expenses).

* Use this guide to check out the tax rate for each individual country: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/personal-income-tax-rate
* Use this guide to check out the salary averages for each nation: https://www.reddit.com/r/bitlife/comments/hg4x3n/death\_taxes\_and\_fortune\_management\_guide/