Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Nobles is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.219 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.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Public Transport, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nobles City. The average income tax rate is 30%, but much higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Retail, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

City rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, the breathalyser pledge is a traditional part of marriages in Nobles, and retail stores offer sales every hour on the hour. Crime is a major problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Nobles's national animal is the Civet, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Franc.

Nobles is ranked 3,374th in the South Pacific and 66,086th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and