Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Schizophrenic Entelechy of Isimud is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.192 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 65%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Leader is the self-declared God of all Isimud, the people are furious with the government for allowing citizens to be executed for petty crimes in foreign countries, the Isimud Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, and schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isimud's national animal is the Ouroboros, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Plato.

Isimud is ranked 3,851st in The North Pacific and 81,345th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and