Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fiefdom of Erudite Individuals is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Richard Milhouse Jones with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 13.393 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mr Happys Funland. The average income tax rate is 67%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, and abortions are routinely performed in Erudite Individuals's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erudite Individuals's national animal is the squid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the gram.

Erudite Individuals is ranked 94th in Lazarus and 1,569th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and