Location: The Rebel Alliance

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Jeffjack is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by SGT YORK with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its intelligent population of 5.738 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of MAYBERRY. Income tax is unheard of. 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.

Citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens, anti-government web sites are springing up, terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums, and the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jeffjack's national animal is the POSSUM, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the SHOTGUN SHELL.

Jeffjack is ranked 7th in The Rebel Alliance and 34,743rd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 0 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and