Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Lawless Community of Fraton is a colossal, economically powerful nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.706 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Education, and Healthcare. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Gambling industries.

Ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Fraton's national animal is the aardvark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the coin.

Fraton is ranked 2,060th in 10000 Islands and 99,696th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and