Location: Ionia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Desmonwood is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol. Its cynical population of 5.417 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and the Environment are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 69%, 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 wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, school uniforms are compulsory, Presbyterian has been named as Desmonwood's national religion, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Desmonwood's national animal is the white tailed deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Presbyterian, and its currency is the dollar.

Desmonwood is ranked 389th in Ionia and 94,533rd in the world for Stupidest Citizens, scoring 12 on the Average Edu-UNtellignce® Test Score.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and