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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Stateness of Storm Arbor is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.245 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Religion & Spirituality and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Creekton. The average income tax rate is 31%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Basket Weaving and Pizza Delivery.

More and more students are taking up a career in medicine, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and a major religion has been named as Storm Arbor's national religion. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control. Storm Arbor's national animal is the Polar Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Dollar.

Storm Arbor is ranked 1st in Pepper and 23,106th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and