Location: Antarctica

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Frozen-Over Plasmatic Lakes of Five Thousand Lakes is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Supreme Admiral Robertson with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.471 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hydropolis. The average income tax rate is 92%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Most citizens in Five Thousand Lakes are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, artists are pillars of society, guns are banned, and abortions are routinely performed in Five Thousand Lakes's hospitals. Crime is totally unknown. Five Thousand Lakes's national animal is the fish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Lennonism, and its currency is the sceleta.

Five Thousand Lakes is ranked 71st in Antarctica and 90,235th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and