Location: A Van Down by the River

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The Please explain of Kibachus is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Siris Shala with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.2 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Education and Social Equality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ninhursag. The average income tax rate is 68%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Tourism industries.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, abortions are routinely performed in Kibachus's hospitals, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, and same-sex marriages are increasingly common. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kibachus's national animal is the ziz, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the stuff.

Kibachus is ranked 10th in A Van Down by the River and 104,325th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 10 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and