Location: the Pacific

Overview • Factbook • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Peaceful And Harmless Island of Lideon is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Peace Lover Aggro with an iron fist, and notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, cynical population of 3.811 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City of Greenery. The average income tax rate is 90%. 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.

School uniforms are compulsory, Lideon successfully hosted the the Pacific Olympics, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and Lideon has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lideon's national animal is the Liger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Love and Trust the Leader, and its currency is the Lind.

Lideon is ranked 1,011th in the Pacific and 31,312th in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 35 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and