Location: Funen

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Mega-Great People's Republic of New Ferrium is a colossal, devout nation, ruled by Big Brother Winston Smith with an iron fist, and remarkable for its suspicion of poets. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.323 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Airstrip One. 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.

Women who display their ankles are shunned by society, emergency room admissions for 'stampede injuries' have skyrocketed since the introduction of weekly Sabbath Eve sales, terrified tympanists are finding themselves on the front lines armed only with kettledrums, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. New Ferrium's national animal is the Comrade Ferrium Bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is outlawed as are others, and its currency is the Dollar Readjusto.

New Ferrium is ranked 21st in Funen and 81,966th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -27 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and