Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United People of Jimmy420 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.636 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jimsterdam. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

Criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear, nude art is becoming wildly popular, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and disaster victims are viewed with disdain. Crime is relatively low. Jimmy420's national animal is the leopard, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the gold coin.

Jimmy420 is ranked 2,251st in Balder and 88,343rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and