Location: Holy Lands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holiest Flavor of ABU AMMAR is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 20.545 billion are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paprika. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate, and the llama is reportedly extinct. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. ABU AMMAR's national animal is the llama, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the corn chip.

ABU AMMAR is ranked 1st in Holy Lands and 9th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 35 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and