Location: Imperial Britain

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Royal Psychotic Republic of Coccygia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Prime Minister Enitram Wisbeck with an even hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed population of 5.441 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 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 41st in Imperial Britain and 100,509th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -9 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and