Location: 10000 Islands

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The United Kingdom of Teignland is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its enforced nudity. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 816 million 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 Equality, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Teignmouth. The average income tax rate is 55%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Same-sex marriages are increasingly common, cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, Teignland-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways, and citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory minature radios. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Teignland's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Pound.

Teignland is ranked 1,550th in 10000 Islands and 86,547th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and