Location: St Abbaddon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Liberal Democratic States of Andrewsburgville is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The Stig with a fair hand, and renowned for its hatred of cheese. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.53 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 Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Montreal. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, and the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Andrewsburgville's national animal is the Capybara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Puck.

Andrewsburgville is ranked 26th in St Abbaddon and 92,211th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and