Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Curlyhoward is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.98 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

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 24%. 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.

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 2,495th in the South Pacific and 79,153rd in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 15 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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