Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Flying Buttress of Nasi nasi is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Teh Tarik with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.827 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as the Environment and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mi Goreng. The average income tax rate is 26%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing industries.

Young people crowd pizza parlors praying to 'The Supreme Pizza, His Immaculate Munchiness', government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, retail stores offer sales every hour on the hour, and a typical fast food menu item could serve a small army. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Nasi nasi's national animal is the Char Kway Teow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Beef Rendang, and its currency is the Nasi Goreng.

Nasi nasi is ranked 171st in The East Pacific and 6,940th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and