Location: Alcatraz

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Market Network of Maniaca is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Andre Romell Young CEO with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 20.066 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business individuals is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as Social Welfare and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Book Publishing.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, disaster victims are viewed with disdain, surveillance cameras are banned, and citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Maniaca's national animal is the armored velociraptor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Catholicism, and its currency is the Monterey Jack.

Maniaca is ranked 1st in Alcatraz and 535th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 52 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and