Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Impossibru is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 586 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Impossibru City. The average income tax rate is 65%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

Schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, the nation's youth is held blameless for all crimes, unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, and the study of medicine is popular throughout Impossibru. Crime is relatively low. Impossibru's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Steve.

Impossibru is ranked 345th in 10000 Islands and 17,528th 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