Location: Capitalist Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Infection of Edgemaster is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Haruhi Suzumiya with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.115 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seireitei. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Surfers ride tsunamis of record height and toxicity, teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, young people crowd pizza parlors praying to 'The Supreme Pizza, His Immaculate Munchiness', and only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Edgemaster's national animal is the Hollow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Haruhiism, and its currency is the Gil.

Edgemaster is ranked 2nd in Capitalist Paradise and 84th 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