Spotlight on:

“Kiasi, Kiabor, and most importantly... Kiasu!”

The Republic of Kiasu-ism is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Vulcan with an iron fist, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.493 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 the Environment, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 100%. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences, the government is sending thousands of citizens overseas to defend a square mile of land, citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', and the government is pursuing a new programme aimed at promoting cultural sophistication. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kiasu-ism's national animal is the Homo Kiasu, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Peanut.

Kiasu-ism is ranked 1st in the region and 28th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.