Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Contrived Inhibition of Robbinston is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ron Burgundy with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.042 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Robbins. The average income tax rate is 51%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

All footpaths have tollbooths, the government has hired out-of-work fashion designers to design purses for men, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and morning coffees are no longer the same since the disappearance of newspapers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Robbinston's national animal is the lemur, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Zoroastrianism, and its currency is the Beaver Pelt.

Robbinston is ranked 786th in the West Pacific and 28,277th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 6 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and