Location: Lucerna

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Queen Rania al-Abdullah with a fair hand, and notable for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.311 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Defence and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amman. The average income tax rate is 24%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Trout Farming.

Prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, Queen Rania al-Abdullah has just been declared ruler of Jordan in an international press conference, soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers, and Islam has been named as Jordan's national religion. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Jordan's national animal is the oryx, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Islam, and its currency is the dinar.

Jordan is ranked 25th in Lucerna and 44,637th 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