Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The 27 of --------------------------- is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Solm with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.291 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riemstagrad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

The nanny industry has had a boom after maternity leave was recently banned, the fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen, commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. ---------------------------'s national animal is the 27, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is 27, and its currency is the 27.

--------------------------- is ranked 1,159th in the South Pacific and 43,455th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 13 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and