Location: Gamania

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Most Serene Republic of Molybdenum is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 458 million 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Public Transport receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ununtium. The average income tax rate is 61%. A large private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Furniture Restoration and Information Technology.

Anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Molybdenum's national animal is the jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Photon.

Molybdenum is ranked 4th in Gamania and 22,234th in the world for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 15 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and