Location: The Cosmos

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Evil Dominion of McSquiggleface is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, cynical population of 612 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dave. The average income tax rate is 94%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Citizens wishing to leave the country must surrender half their wealth to the government, all citizens must pass a 'multicultural sensitivity test' to be deemed fit for society, people caught mistreating McSquiggleface's flag generally wind up in a great deal of pain, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. McSquiggleface's national animal is the Jardicel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the TeslaCrown.

McSquiggleface is ranked 2nd in The Cosmos and 31,181st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and