Location: Antarctic Oasis

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Frozen Pirates of Bloodstone Kay is a gargantuan, devout nation, ruled by Djohariah Illumina with an iron fist, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 13.566 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

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 Defence, although Law & Order and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlantis. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Information Technology.

Birds and children's kites are regularly brought down by anti-aircraft fire, movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence, the lowest age at which one can marry has been recently lowered to 12, and psychological disorders are a taboo subject. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Bloodstone Kay's national animal is the red nosed sasquatch, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is gold worship, and its currency is the Kaydon dollar.

Bloodstone Kay is ranked 2nd in Antarctic Oasis and 242nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 19 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and