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The Constitutional Monarchy of New Belia

“United We Stand, Together We Stay”

Category: Left-wing Utopia
Civil Rights:
Superb
Economy:
Frightening
Political Freedoms:
Excellent

Regional Influence: Apprentice

Location: the West Pacific

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New Belia

Population15.182 billion

CapitalNew Belia City
LeaderLeader Harwell

CurrencyMark
Animalcobra

The Constitutional Monarchy of New Belia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader Harwell with a fair hand, and notable for its lack of airports, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.182 billion New Belians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Belia City. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient New Belian economy, worth a remarkable 3,194 trillion Marks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 210,405 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The comic book series 'Leader Harwell and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller, tourists are forbidden to enter Native New Belian lands, healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, and the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles'. Crime is totally unknown. New Belia's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Belia is ranked 290,432nd in the world and 3,710th in the West Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.26 kickbacks per hour.

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Most Beautiful Environments: 710thBest Weather: 826thHighest Food Quality: 915thMost Inclusive: 925thMost Compassionate Citizens: 969thMost Rebellious Youth: 991stNicest Citizens: 997thLeast Corrupt Governments: 1,027thMost Cultured: 1,250thMost Pacifist: 1,270thMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 1,443rdLargest Publishing Industry: 1,475thLargest Information Technology Sector: 1,610thMost Cheerful Citizens: 1,653rdSafest: 1,712thMost Developed: 1,822ndMost World Assembly Endorsements: 1,895thSmartest Citizens: 1,941stHealthiest Citizens: 2,015thLongest Average Lifespans: 2,149thMost Influential: 2,789thTop
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Most Secular: 2,935thHighest Poor Incomes: 3,282ndRudest Citizens: 3,820thMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 4,351stMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 5,024thLargest Welfare Programs: 5,051stLargest Governments: 5,069thMost Scientifically Advanced: 5,262ndMost Advanced Public Education: 5,401stHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 6,423rdHighest Average Tax Rates: 6,609thHighest Economic Output: 6,754thMost Stationary: 8,764thHighest Average Incomes: 8,931stMost Efficient Economies: 9,805thLowest Crime Rates: 13,798thTop
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Nudest: 18,422ndMost Income Equality: 20,620thMost Advanced Public Transport: 21,793rdLargest Populations: 26,408th
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Best Weather: 9th in the regionMost Beautiful Environments: 10th in the regionMost Rebellious Youth: 14th in the regionMost Inclusive: 15th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 15th in the regionLeast Corrupt Governments: 16th in the regionNicest Citizens: 17th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 18th in the regionMost Cultured: 18th in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 19th in the regionLargest Publishing Industry: 22nd in the regionMost Cheerful Citizens: 22nd in the regionSafest: 26th in the regionMost Pacifist: 26th in the regionLargest Information Technology Sector: 27th in the regionMost Developed: 33rd in the regionSmartest Citizens: 33rd in the regionMost Influential: 34th in the regionHealthiest Citizens: 37th in the regionTop
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Longest Average Lifespans: 38th in the regionMost World Assembly Endorsements: 40th in the regionMost Secular: 47th in the regionHighest Poor Incomes: 51st in the regionRudest Citizens: 61st in the regionMost Eco-Friendly Governments: 76th in the regionLargest Governments: 81st in the regionLargest Welfare Programs: 85th in the regionMost Advanced Public Education: 86th in the regionMost Extensive Public Healthcare: 92nd in the regionMost Scientifically Advanced: 94th in the regionMost Stationary: 100th in the regionHighest Economic Output: 102nd in the regionHighest Average Tax Rates: 103rd in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 104th in the regionHighest Average Incomes: 112th in the regionMost Efficient Economies: 123rd in the regionNudest: 132nd in the regionTop
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Largest Populations: 188th in the regionLowest Crime Rates: 194th in the regionMost Advanced Public Transport: 284th in the regionMost Extensive Civil Rights: 299th in the regionMost Subsidized Industry: 307th in the regionMost Income Equality: 352nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles'.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, tourists are forbidden to enter Native New Belian lands.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, the comic book series 'Leader Harwell and the Villainous Corporate Cronies' is a best-seller.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, the Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, women have a strange proclivity for dressing up as caped weasels.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation.
  • : New Belia endorsed The War Criminal of Dalimbar.
  • : New Belia was endorsed by The War Criminal of Dalimbar.
  • : Following new legislation in New Belia, New Belia City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight.

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