Location: The United Kingdom

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nine Day Queendom of Queen Jane Grey I is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.111 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Automobile Manufacturing.

University graduates and new home-owners toil in labour camps to work off their debts, government police forces protect public schools from the threat of protest, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, and the commercialisation of highly deadly weapons has instilled Queen Jane Grey I with a very polite populace. Crime is a major problem. Queen Jane Grey I's national animal is the Badger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Pound.

Queen Jane Grey I is ranked 4th in The United Kingdom and 7,761st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and