Nation/Numbania

The Kingdom of Numbania is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 74 million numbanians 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.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient numbanian economy, worth 3.65 trillion numbanis a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,360 numbanis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes, and election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Numbania's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Numbania is ranked 132,833rd in the world and 93rd in Brasil for Nudest, with 62.5 Cheeks Per Square Mile.