Location: New York

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Laid-Back Nation of United States of Brink is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.661 billion 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 is mainly concerned with Education, although Commerce and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Windhoek. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

The nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, United States of Brink successfully hosted the New York Olympics, invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, and United States of Brink has designated Windhoek as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United States of Brink's national animal is the Cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the African Mark.

United States of Brink is ranked 108th in New York and 88,845th 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