Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of Neo Kingston is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by President Johnson with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.299 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 Commerce, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingston. The average income tax rate is 74%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Information Technology.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country, guns are banned, and government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Neo Kingston's national animal is the Grasshopper, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Kingston Dollar.

Neo Kingston is ranked 1,581st in 10000 Islands and 64,643rd in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 112 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and