Location: Middle East

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.259 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business government appears to have no policy direction whatsoever. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A robust private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving industries.

Crime is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Bahrain's national animal is the falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dinar.

Bahrain is ranked 31st in Middle East and 58,841st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 0 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and