Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Zombie hunters of Almonaster Nuevo is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Alejandro de las Torres Altas with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 11.243 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mizumigari. The average income tax rate is 1%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Almonaster Nuevo's radio stations, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Almonaster Nuevo's national animal is the Loon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Fract.

Almonaster Nuevo is ranked 112th in Canada and 81,210th 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