Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Hammurab is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its burgeoning owl population. Its compassionate population of 10.02 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 29%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, followed by Book Publishing and Uranium Mining.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, the tenet of free speech is held dear, marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, and euthanasia is legal. Crime is relatively low. Hammurab's national animal is the owl, and its currency is the lexan.

Hammurab is ranked 2,056th in Lazarus and 53,688th in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 48 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and