Location: European Union

Overview • Factbook • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth Monarchy of --the United Kingdom is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Prime Minister Karen Inoue with an even hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.658 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Social Equality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Gambling, and Book Publishing industries.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and notable individuals are granted land and titles. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. --the United Kingdom's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is the Church of England, and its currency is the pound.

--the United Kingdom is ranked 128th in European Union and 109,476th in the world for Most Conservative, scoring 32 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and