Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Most Serene Republic of Little Hats is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ban on automobiles. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.378 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, Healthcare, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Little Bamboo. The average income tax rate is 65%. A tiny private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Organ donation rates have hit a new low, the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, the government is spending billions of little hats on helping citizens find spiritual enlightenment, and the government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists. Crime is totally unknown. Little Hats's national animal is the hummingbird, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the little hat.

Little Hats is ranked 4,151st in The North Pacific and 89,474th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and