Location: The New Inquisition

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of British Whiskum is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by OnderKelkia with an even hand, and remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate population of 12.833 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Inginas. The average income tax rate is 99%. 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.

Commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies, protests are legal but strictly supervised, naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, and students cut up leftover Pound Sterlings during Arts and Crafts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. British Whiskum's national animal is the Goose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Pound Sterling.

British Whiskum is ranked 716th in The New Inquisition and 100,373rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and