Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Profit Driven Holy Fiefdom of MasterShake is a colossal, economically powerful nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.085 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, pro-business morass -- juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, citizens who leave the country are officially classed as traitors, the streets are ravaged by murder and violence to prove political points, and it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations. Crime is crippling. MasterShake's national animal is the Broodwich, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Scientology, and its currency is the 1-2-3-4-5-6.

MasterShake is ranked 36th in the Pacific and 2,126th in the world for Stupidest Citizens, scoring 16 on the Average Edu-UNtellignce® Test Score.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and