Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Apathetic Empire of Kickassitan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Almighty D with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.591 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wo Town. The average income tax rate is 78%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Arms Manufacturing.

Businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, The Almighty D has just been declared ruler of Kickassitan in an international press conference, and X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kickassitan's national animal is the platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gold Esu.

Kickassitan is ranked 3,989th in The North Pacific and 84,510th 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