Location: Liberal Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic States of New Rhon is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.879 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 88%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Rhon's national animal is the mink, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the mark.

New Rhon is ranked 1st in Liberal Paradise and 98,166th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and