Location: The Pleiades

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Shining Path of Kungpaomao is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 16.689 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 97%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, 'unconventional' weaponry has been banned, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Kungpaomao in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kungpaomao's national animal is the yellow tang, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Flaxseed Oil.

Kungpaomao is ranked 24th in The Pleiades and 98,881st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and