Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nation of Neu Tervuren is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Alexandra with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.793 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bravo . The average income tax rate is 74%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The newspaper industry is subsidised by the government in order to keep it afloat, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Bravo Times is sold out, and the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Neu Tervuren's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the paw.

Neu Tervuren is ranked 3,904th in the South Pacific and 78,394th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and