Location: India

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of ABDLND is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.133 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ABDLND City. The average income tax rate is 71%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, the arms industry is strictly regulated, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, and terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ABDLND's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Rokda.

ABDLND is ranked 46th in India and 77,399th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and