Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The 30 of ------------------------------ is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.259 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals concentrates mainly on Commerce, although Defence and Public Transport are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Belgium. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Retail and Uranium Mining.

Seafood restaurants assure customers 'If it lives in the sea, it's on our menu', organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. ------------------------------'s national animal is the 30, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the 30.

------------------------------ is ranked 4,883rd in the West Pacific and 128,160th in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -81 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and