Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fartful Dead of Animal House Recruiter is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Senator Blutarsky with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 6.945 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Murphy's on the Green. The average income tax rate is 55%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Tourism.

Leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Animal House Recruiter's national animal is the Gilman Island squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Making Things Grind to a Halt, and its currency is the wheelock.

Animal House Recruiter is ranked 2,187th in Lazarus and 73,061st in the world for Best Weather, with -19 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and