Location: New Zealand

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of Cricket Fans is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Ross Taylor with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 17.679 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although the Environment and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wellington. The average income tax rate is 96%. 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 Cricket Fans Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Cricket Fans to be bombproof, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, and same-sex marriages are increasingly common. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cricket Fans's national animal is the Mark Gillespie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Cricket, and its currency is the John Wright.

Cricket Fans is ranked 11th in New Zealand and 98,337th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and