Location: International Confederation

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Kirk Hallmark is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate population of 640 million 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 Education, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kirk Hallmark City. The average income tax rate is 47%. 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.

Ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Kirk Hallmark to be bombproof. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kirk Hallmark's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the pound.

Kirk Hallmark is ranked 33rd in International Confederation and 87,328th 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