Location: European Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Arborlawn is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by King Ram Jehoshua with a fair hand, and renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.355 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tara. The average income tax rate is 95%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, torture is illegal, and murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arborlawn's national animal is the Nubia, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Judaism, and its currency is the Shekel.

Arborlawn is ranked 110th in European Union and 98,374th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and