Location: PC World

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Jingoistic States of Get-Wired is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.518 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Religion & Spirituality and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Get-Wired City. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Gambling and Uranium Mining.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, airport security is provided by private companies, businesses often fire workers in favour of cheaper automatic systems, and strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling. Get-Wired's national animal is the Turkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Silver Reindeer.

Get-Wired is ranked 1st in PC World and 13,304th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 32 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and