Location: Holy Lands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holiest Flavor of ABU AMMAR is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 22.725 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, 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, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining industries.

Families consisting of more than three people are forced to split up, speaking out against the government is punishable by flogging, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, and fur coats have become the latest fashion trend. 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 5th in Holy Lands and 126,596th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 16 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and