Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Kingdom of Tredegar is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate population of 855 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sirhowy. The average income tax rate is 78%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

The police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, toddlers are wielding machine guns in the name of national defense, children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "Love and peace!" as a way of life, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tredegar's national animal is the Dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Punt.

Tredegar is ranked 4,370th in the South Pacific and 88,765th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and