Location: The Skeleton Army

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Serenity of Improving Wordiness is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Wordy with an even hand, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.571 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Defence, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uppercase. The average income tax rate is 98%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, military spending recently hit a new high, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and Improving Wordiness has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Improving Wordiness's national animal is the Naked Mole Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is DESUism, and its currency is the daily word.

Improving Wordiness is ranked 12th in The Skeleton Army and 98,412th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and