Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Needs Moar Guacamolae of Nuew is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Ethan W with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.728 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, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dr Mario Kitten Land City. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Nuew's national animal is the Nuewian Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Credit.

Nuew is ranked 1,803rd in 10000 Islands and 92,912th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -24 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and