Location: Alberta

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Republic of 12 year olds is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Bug with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.988 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Public Transport receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miri. The average income tax rate is 79%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Gambling and Book Publishing.

People are now classified as male, female, or genderqueer, the government has hired out-of-work fashion designers to design purses for men, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and nude art is becoming wildly popular. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. 12 year olds's national animal is the kitten, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Orthodox Anarchy, and its currency is the wedgy.

12 year olds is ranked 5th in Alberta and 87,151st in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -51 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and