Location: the Rejected Realms

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Diplomatic Courier of Marjorie Baldwin is a colossal, devout nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.043 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

The government has returned all business to private ownership, billions of 999 Gold Credits are being blown on orbital weapons development, there has been a series of riots between local cannibals and health food advocates, and urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffer-driven limousines. Crime is a serious problem. Marjorie Baldwin's national animal is the Artificial Person, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the 999 Gold Credit.

Marjorie Baldwin is ranked 122nd in the Rejected Realms and 8,836th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 1 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and