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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Arab Republic of North Yemen- is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Abdul Karim al-Arashi with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.362 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sanaa. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 60%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Gambling.

Billions of North Yemeni Rials are being poured into a space program, the children of North Yemen- are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, North Yemen- has designated Sanaa as its capital city, and President Abdul Karim al-Arashi has just been declared ruler of North Yemen- in an international press conference. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. North Yemen-'s national animal is the Rattlesnake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the North Yemeni Rial.

North Yemen- is ranked 2nd in Umbrella Corporation and 21,017th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 3 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and