Location: Vaalbara

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Mcnernia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by King Emilion IV with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.348 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Commerce are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Griffindon. The average income tax rate is 97%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, the new hit series "Mcnernia's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mcnernia's national animal is the Red Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Gaelic Catholicism, and its currency is the Pound.

Mcnernia is ranked 77th in Vaalbara and 78,883rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and