Location: the Rejected Realms

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Socialist Republic of Urgabah is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 18.97 billion enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cornucopia. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

The fire protection service is wholly government-funded, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and Urgabah has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urgabah's national animal is the Monitor Lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Dollar.

Urgabah is ranked 1,289th in the Rejected Realms and 101,475th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -112 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and