Location: United Nations Organization

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of Massambula Kapengwe is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Papa Daum II with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.834 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 Education, Defence, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Peshwari Naan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 89%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

Army rations are served on silver platters, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality, euthanasia is legal, and guns are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Massambula Kapengwe's national animal is the Vegetable Samosa, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Bhajeemark.

Massambula Kapengwe is ranked 11th in United Nations Organization and 84,680th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and