Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Cooperative Commonwealth of Veblenia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by First Secretary Lars Tronsk with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 9.874 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

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 Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Children are raised bilingual from an early age, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and cities are engulfed by smog. Crime is totally unknown. Veblenia's national animal is the caiman, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the pragma.

Veblenia is ranked 4,182nd in the West Pacific and 100,854th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -52 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and