Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Curlyhoward is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 17.787 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 21%. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, the government is phasing in welfare programmes to tackle poverty, and citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Curlyhoward's national animal is the Moe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Larry.

Curlyhoward is ranked 4,574th in the South Pacific and 95,840th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and