Location: Islandia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Republic of NuBorgia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Mentat with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 2.388 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 Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Themopolis. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Information Technology and Gambling.

Multiple polls have christened the newly-formed Filibuster Committee as "the least efficient government bureaucracy", citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, the government pours millions of Denariuss into rehabilitation programs annually, and the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NuBorgia's national animal is the Scorpion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Denarius.

NuBorgia is ranked 60th in Islandia and 79,350th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and