Location: European Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Kingdom of Leadworth is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Steve Rogers with an even hand, and notable for its burgeoning Sea Turtle population. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 842 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 23%, but much higher for the wealthy. 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.

Steve Rogers has just been declared ruler of Leadworth in an international press conference, divorce lawyers are found begging on the streets, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Leadworth's national animal is the Sea Turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Epic.

Leadworth is ranked 82nd in European Union and 80,660th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and