Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Roll with it of Kevin268 is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Rt Hon Lord Pyper with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.492 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 Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metropolis. The average income tax rate is 88%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Tourism.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kevin268's national animal is the Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Buddhism, and its currency is the Pladian.

Kevin268 is ranked 4,175th in the West Pacific and 99,317th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and