Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Principality of Poridge is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.539 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

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, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Poridge City. The average income tax rate is 60%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

City rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, the government tries to improve relations with hostile countries by sending gift baskets, and space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down. Crime is totally unknown. Poridge's national animal is the weasle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Thaller.

Poridge is ranked 376th in Europe and 91,204th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -22 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and