Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Kingdom of Achareidh is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President James Avro with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 3.084 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Beech City. The average income tax rate is 65%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Colleges adhere to rigid ethnic quotas for admissions, Achareidh's airwaves are dominated by corporate-backed commercial radio, Achareidh has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, and the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Achareidh's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Pound Sterling.

Achareidh is ranked 278th in Europe and 70,997th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and