Location: Ohio

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Collection of Roadside Kills of Doesitstink is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 15.42 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Equality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 64%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Doesitstink's national animal is the dead skunk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the buckeye.

Doesitstink is ranked 5th in Ohio and 43,415th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 4 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and