Location: Uhuhland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Plutocratic Kingdom of Uhuh-Ropa is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.449 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

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 Social Equality, the Environment, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ropadam. The average income tax rate is 90%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.

The government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, those found guilty of illicit affairs are jailed, Uhuh-Ropa has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, and all footpaths have tollbooths. Crime is totally unknown. Uhuh-Ropa's national animal is the Bouncing Ferret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Uhuh-Ro.

Uhuh-Ropa is ranked 2nd in Uhuhland and 97,511th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -30 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and