Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Tribal Nation of Derverek is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 10.725 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

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 Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irene City. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, and Werewolf is one of the most popular forenames in Derverek. Crime is totally unknown. Derverek's national animal is the werewolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the essence.

Derverek is ranked 4,713th in the South Pacific and 101,604th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -26 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and