Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Vibrant Bureaucracy of RoyalKings is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King with a fair hand, and renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.528 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.

The large government is effectively ruled by the Department of Social Welfare, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kings. The average income tax rate is 24%, but much 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.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, badminton was recently banned due to 'unacceptable violence' inherent to the game, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. RoyalKings's national animal is the Dodo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Kopimism, and its currency is the VBoRK.

RoyalKings is ranked 2,023rd in 10000 Islands and 98,873rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -35 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and