Location: The Milky Way Galaxy

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Principality of Northern Rangeria is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prince Mikhail IV Halsar with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.165 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Halsanki. The average income tax rate is 69%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, multiple polls have christened the newly-formed Filibuster Committee as "the least efficient government bureaucracy", unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, and glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northern Rangeria's national animal is the crazy monkey cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the markha.

Northern Rangeria is ranked 30th in The Milky Way Galaxy and 37,236th in the world for Happiest Citizens, scoring 10 on the Relative Cheerfulness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and