Location: Hippy Haven

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The Mostly Harmless Nation of Hicdarr is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Fearless Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 4.531 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Todry Dam. The average income tax rate is 80%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, and schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Hicdarr's national animal is the Bugblatter beast, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the bitcoin.

Hicdarr is ranked 96th in Hippy Haven and 115,526th in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 0.01 Stalins.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and