Location: Osiris

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of MangMang is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.748 billion 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.

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. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Derp. The average income tax rate is 68%. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, smoking is banned in public areas, refugees from other nations are flocking to MangMang's border, and a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MangMang's national animal is the Mangnosaur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Mumma.

MangMang is ranked 2,385th in Osiris and 88,932nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and