Location: Australia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Kingaroy is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by King Richard Plantagenet with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate population of 5.104 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingaroy City. The average income tax rate is 82%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing.

Morning coffees are no longer the same since the disappearance of newspapers, politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing, commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies, and muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kingaroy's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the royal.

Kingaroy is ranked 36th in Australia and 87,168th 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