Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Rorschach InkBlot of Roahld is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.017 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of KGB HQ. The average income tax rate is 84%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

Roahld's educational system is the envy of many and regarded as a pinnacle of academic achievement, the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, and cars are banned from built-up areas. Crime is totally unknown. Roahld's national animal is the Scruptious Scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Delicious Dal.

Roahld is ranked 3,984th in the Pacific and 96,277th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -28 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and