Location: 10000 Islands

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The Great Kingdom of The Ultimate Uriel is a massive, devout nation, ruled by The God of the universe with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete lack of public education. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.258 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, moralistic individuals concentrates mainly on Religion & Spirituality, although the Environment and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great Floating Patches of Heaven. Income tax is unheard of. 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.

Cheese has been labelled a dangerous weapon and banned, survivors receive aid from only the most environmentally-friendly transport, citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. The Ultimate Uriel's national animal is the Great and Awesome Neanderthal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is the great Pastafarianism, and its currency is the Magnificent Ureo.

The Ultimate Uriel is ranked 2,628th in 10000 Islands and 129,269th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring -24 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and