Location: New Jersey

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Cryptozoological Validity of Leeds Devil is a massive, devout nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its quiet, industrious population of 3.387 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass -- juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 40%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Convicted felons are forced into slavery for their crimes, the wreckages of bombed planes that litter Leeds Devil are highly popular tourist destinations, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and education and welfare spending are on the rise. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low. Leeds Devil's national animal is the snook, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the meadow muffin.

Leeds Devil is ranked 5th in New Jersey and 67,496th 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