Location: The New Commonwealth Society

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Principality of Ashebourton is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Prince Espinosa with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.486 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Public Transport receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Davenport. The average income tax rate is 74%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Ashebourton's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, organ donation is compulsory, and protests are legal but strictly supervised. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ashebourton's national animal is the Raven, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Dominion Dollar.

Ashebourton is ranked 9th in The New Commonwealth Society and 42,455th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 139 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and