Location: Yorkshire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nomadic Friendly People of Coxhope is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate population of 6.528 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.

The enormous government is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 30%, but much higher for the wealthy. A tiny private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

School uniforms are compulsory, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste and avoid even more costly cleanup costs, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, and the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Coxhope's national animal is the heron, and its currency is the pound.

Coxhope is ranked 18th in Yorkshire and 80,000th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and