Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Contrived Inhibition of Robbinston is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ron Burgundy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its enforced nudity. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.901 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 Education, the Environment, 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 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events, and every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government. 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 4,075th in the West Pacific and 96,465th 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