Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Overly Humble Outcropping of Biblical Importance is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by The Outlaw Josey Wales with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 6.648 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 4th Floor South. The average income tax rate is 7%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Basket Weaving and Information Technology.

School uniforms are compulsory, artists are pillars of society, photographers have to apply for a license to photograph The Outlaw Josey Wales, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Biblical Importance to be bombproof. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Biblical Importance's national animal is the Lady Bug, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Fortunecookieism, and its currency is the Half-Measure.

Biblical Importance is ranked 981st in 10000 Islands and 32,231st in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 13 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and