Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Honorable Republic of Darakin is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Ashton Q Westchester III with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 14.981 billion 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Darakin Citadel. The average income tax rate is 78%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Eminent domain has been abolished, frequent fliers are obliged to submit to invasive security procedures by government security, legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, and the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darakin's national animal is the puma, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the shmingel.

Darakin is ranked 30th in the South Pacific and 1,429th in the world for Best Weather, with 204 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and