Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The World-Famous Bar and Grill of Hekik is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rusty Shackleford with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 5.442 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bagley. The average income tax rate is 71%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

Every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, Hekik successfully hosted the The North Pacific Olympics, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, and traffic jams are a common sight due to construction work from a massive overhaul of the nation's freeways. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hekik's national animal is the ape, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the brat.

Hekik is ranked 433rd in The North Pacific and 11,904th in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 59 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and