Location: The Bad Place

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Swingin Hotspot of New South Hell is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by the Lord of Eternal Darkness with an iron fist, and notable for its enforced nudity. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.256 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, moralistic individuals is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trespassers Will Be Shredded. Income tax is unheard of. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Billions of agonys are being blown on orbital weapons development, the government is a law unto itself, all citizens are solely referenced by their allocated identity number, and Harry Potter books are banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. New South Hell's national animal is the spiny leech, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Nihilistic Pandaemonium, and its currency is the agony.

New South Hell is ranked 6th in The Bad Place and 5,925th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and