Location: the Rejected Realms

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Tiny Village of Fartsniffage is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sir Digby Chicken Caeser with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 11.986 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bishops Itchington. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, reports of attacks by bright purple sixty-foot high spiders have recently shot up, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Fartsniffage's national animal is the Lesser Spotted Tit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Prince Philip Movementism, and its currency is the Wombat.

Fartsniffage is ranked 121st in the Rejected Realms and 11,258th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 33 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and