Location: Greater Dienstad

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The Iron Fist Industrialists of Haishan is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sashan Vidin with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.872 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

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 Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Icturk City. The average income tax rate is 99%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Woodchip Exports.

Space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, all new "spies" are fifteen-year-old acne-ridden kids on computers, military service is compulsory, and protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Haishan's national animal is the crane, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the ƕ.

Haishan is ranked 11th in Greater Dienstad and 34,313th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 23 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and