Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federation of Mimes Guild is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed population of 17.746 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and the Environment. The average income tax rate is 99%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, shanty towns are forming in the suburbs of major cities, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, and shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mimes Guild's national animal is the opossum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Octopus card.

Mimes Guild is ranked 111th in Texas and 86,918th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -50 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and