Location: Galapagos

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Mississippi Debutante is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.659 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 juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Education, and the Environment. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2%. A robust private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology industries.

The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, surveillance cameras are banned, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, and breastfeeding mothers are replacing smokers to loiter outside the workplace. Crime is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Mississippi Debutante's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the dollar.

Mississippi Debutante is ranked 129th in Galapagos and 24,981st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and