Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of 13BM is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.243 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nautilus. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government is slowly introducing social welfare programs, refugees from other nations are flocking to 13BM's border, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed. Crime is totally unknown. 13BM's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the gil.

13BM is ranked 4,381st in The East Pacific and 112,703rd in the world for Stupidest Citizens, scoring 9 on the Average Edu-UNtellignce® Test Score.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and