Location: Region Inc

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Loughdoo is a massive, genial nation, ruled by King Knutt with a fair hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.313 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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, Healthcare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Belfalas . The average income tax rate is 61%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving industries.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and Loughdoo has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Loughdoo's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Loughdoo pound.

Loughdoo is ranked 315th in Region Inc and 82,892nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and