Location: Pyoko

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Robot Automata of Farfelarf is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 13.482 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of the Environment, with areas such as Social Equality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Awesome City. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Awesome City Times is sold out, and national parks have long lines of different gender-specific 'Porta-Pottys'. Crime is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Farfelarf's national animal is the Black Mage, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a la carte, and its currency is the Sharkey.

Farfelarf is ranked 2nd in Pyoko and 98,748th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and