Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dictatorship of Foundation 1 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 587 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of YmGarlia. The average income tax rate is 83%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Children as young as eight can be found working in factories, emergency room admissions for 'stampede injuries' have skyrocketed since the introduction of weekly Sabbath Eve sales, the government funds large training centres to turn Jackals into functioning members of society, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Foundation 1 to be bombproof. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Foundation 1's national animal is the Jackal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ration.

Foundation 1 is ranked 282nd in 10000 Islands and 13,925th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and