Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The 25 of ------------------------- is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.265 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of Commerce, with areas such as Social Welfare and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mahaj. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Retail, and Gambling industries.

A large percentage of the poor live from cradle to grave in subterranean wage slavery, environmental protestors are being rounded up and taken away in sinister black vans as a massive land development campaign gets underway, Members of Parliament are often found living in cardboard boxes, and citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. -------------------------'s national animal is the 25, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the 25.

------------------------- is ranked 116th in The North Pacific and 4,683rd in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 8 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and