Location: Wysteria

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Constitutional Monarchy of Tybr is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Nydr with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.124 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business individuals concentrates mainly on Commerce, although Healthcare and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kryk. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining industries.

Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, graffiti graces every city's streets, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and Nydr has just been declared ruler of Tybr in an international press conference. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Tybr's national animal is the Ocelot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Courage.

Tybr is ranked 65th in Wysteria and 11,600th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and