Location: Zhaucauozian Friendship

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Randomly Relevant Ratbags of Ardchoille is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Dicey Reilly with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 17.056 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ardrigh. The average income tax rate is 98%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, and heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ardchoille's national animal is the domestic cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Felinitous Wicca, and its currency is the brass razoo.

Ardchoille is ranked 2nd in Zhaucauozian Friendship and 1,066th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 91 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and