Location: California

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Freed Memory of Mallocs is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Operating System with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 13.934 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with the Environment, although Education and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CPU. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Abortions are routinely performed in Mallocs's hospitals, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mallocs's national animal is the whale, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the leak.

Mallocs is ranked 34th in California and 101,097th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -58 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and