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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The No title of Blindfolded is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by philip with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 3.362 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 Education, Law & Order, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of london. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Woodchip Exports.

Major cities are suffering under water rationing, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality, and Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blindfolded's national animal is the bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is islam, and its currency is the euro.

Blindfolded is ranked 83,172nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and