Location: Eladen

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Rude Crude Invincible Refuge of CUP New Yorkers is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gordian with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.464 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, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Babylon. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing industries.

Crime has increased substantially since the police concentrated all their efforts on arresting the rich for loitering in their own homes, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-Silver Seer mansions, and torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem. CUP New Yorkers's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Silver Seer.

CUP New Yorkers is ranked 19th in Eladen and 10,644th 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