Location: USSR

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Republic of Dubriland is a huge, devout nation, notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 687 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hammerhock. The average income tax rate is 79%, and even higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

Waste is frequently shipped to other countries, the police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, and the national Police Academies have dedicated infant wings. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dubriland's national animal is the Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Doube.

Dubriland is ranked 48th in USSR and 47,938th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and