Location: The Heartland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Old Duchy of Ineptia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 20.51 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Defence, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, waste is frequently shipped to other countries, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ineptia's national animal is the raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the nepto.

Ineptia is ranked 57th in The Heartland and 90,412th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and