Location: WWSETI

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of RG is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.961 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Religion & Spirituality and the Environment are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of RG City. The average income tax rate is 97%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

RG's airwaves are dominated by corporate-backed commercial radio, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, the populace lives in fear of painful execution for minor offences, and the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. RG's national animal is the Shrimp, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Paper Otter.

RG is ranked 1st in WWSETI and 41,097th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 21 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and