Location: Kittens Sanctuary

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Bad Idea in Retrospect of Ennui On The Mountain is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Manager with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.713 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 juggles the competing demands of Commerce, the Environment, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yawn City. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Cheese Exports industry, followed by Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Tourism.

Businesses are scrambling to adapt to the government's mandate that 'time and measurement no longer exist', crime has increased substantially since the police concentrated all their efforts on arresting the rich for loitering in their own homes, the CEO of Laws Incorporated must sign off on all new bills, and the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Ennui On The Mountain's national animal is the sloth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the meh.

Ennui On The Mountain is ranked 4th in Kittens Sanctuary and 22,390th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and