Location: Congress of Warriors

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Collective of Deadsquirrel is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Lady Jae with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 7.241 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gotham City. The average income tax rate is 84%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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 people are furious with the government for allowing citizens to be executed for petty crimes in foreign countries, innocent defendants often plea guilty for fear of receiving a much harsher sentence before jury, hunters have been known to lose limbs while attempting to 'play tag' with their prey, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deadsquirrel's national animal is the telepathic red fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the derel.

Deadsquirrel is ranked 1st in Congress of Warriors and 30,037th in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 68 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and