Location: Imperial Britain

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Royal Psychotic Republic of Coccygia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister Enitram Wisbeck with an even hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed population of 4.824 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Perineum. The average income tax rate is 97%. 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.

The police have reaffirmed their tough stance on drugs, the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year, euthanasia is legal, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coccygia's national animal is the hagfish, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Fourth-Day Adventism, and its currency is the dumg.

Coccygia is ranked 57th in Imperial Britain and 89,013th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -67 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and