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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Democratic Republic of Niur is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its strong anti-business politics. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.113 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, Social Welfare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Celtic City. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.

Surveillance cameras are banned, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions, and nude art is becoming wildly popular. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Niur's national animal is the Fenerak, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the No-uk.

Niur is ranked 9th in vvardenfell and 99,133rd in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and