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The People's Democratic Republic of Niur is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.515 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

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 99%. 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 1st in vvardenfell and 1,156th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 87 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and