Location: Greater Dienstad

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Kingdom of Malgrave is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Rachel Berry with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.478 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Epping. The average income tax rate is 95%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, the people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Malgrave's national animal is the Otter, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Berryism , and its currency is the Malvian .

Malgrave is ranked 54th in Greater Dienstad and 96,770th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -29 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and