Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Jingoistic States of Asmodeia is a huge, devout nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 644 million are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asmodeia City. The average income tax rate is 61%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Billions of Pesos are being blown on orbital weapons development, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, Tesco was recently named as the new national treasurer, and CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Asmodeia's national animal is the Cactus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Peso.

Asmodeia is ranked 67th in the Pacific and 2,913th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and