Vitaaborg update

The Exhausted Estates of Vitaaborg

UN Category: Liberal Democratic Socialists

Civil Rights: Good
Economy: Fragile
Political Freedoms: Excellent

The Exhausted Estates of Vitaaborg is a huge, safe nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 706 million 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.

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, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 66%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Cheese Exports industry.

The government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, the government has undertaken a massive education and health program to combat VODAIS, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and welfare funding has recently gone through the roof. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vitaaborg's national animal is the Droid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Virtual Borg.

Vitaaborg is ranked 118th in the region and 49,736th in the world for Largest Mining Sector.