Location: Dash Clan

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Republic of Nimbusopolis is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 615 million 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, Defence, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cloudsdale. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

The people of Nimbusopolis are renowned for their nihilistic attitudes, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, and movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nimbusopolis's national animal is the Pegasus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Bit.

Nimbusopolis is ranked 9th in Dash Clan and 88,618th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and