Location: the Pacific

Overview • 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 renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, cynical population of 1.69 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, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although the Environment and Education are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The City of Greenery. The average income tax rate is 88%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, the government has become a fully-fledged gynaecocracy, tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the Lideon Blood Tithe, and midnight pizza breaks are common among the work-from-home population. 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 frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Love and Trust the Leader, and its currency is the Lind.

Lideon is ranked 4,092nd in the Pacific and 99,998th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and