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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of Congolian is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.271 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, the Environment, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 96%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, the government has hired out-of-work fashion designers to design purses for men, consuming ecstasy is a common rite of passage, and the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Congolian's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the pubble.

Congolian is ranked 1st in 000 Nudist Dreamland and 3,295th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 14 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and