Location: The Moon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Pinktastic Coffee Loving Grand Dutchy Queendom of the Most Magnificent Moddess of Crazy girl is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Zandra with an iron fist, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 19.813 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass -- is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as Public Transport and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Insanity Asylum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Children spout "WARNING: The player behind this nation is truly crazy. Approach at your own peril." involuntarily throughout the day, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, all guns must be registered, and aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Crazy girl's national animal is the big turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is CG's Cult, and its currency is the hammer.

Crazy girl is ranked 10th in The Moon and 7,634th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and