Location: Grand Alliance

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Indifferent Gods of Derscon is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Mahatzar Alexei I Andropov with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 18.731 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business individuals is mainly concerned with Education, although Law & Order and Public Transport are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaesthondheim. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, employers are gradually adapting to the alien premise of paying wages to their workers, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and the rich are forced to sell their cars to pay for more police to prevent their cars from being stolen. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem. Derscon's national animal is the Albino squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Cult of the Dragon God, and its currency is the Xelmark.

Derscon is ranked 8th in Grand Alliance and 15,932nd in the world for Most Influential, scoring 25 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and