Location: Cental Pacific Archipelago

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The Awesomium of New Youland is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Supreme Overlord Me with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.471 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New New You. The average income tax rate is 86%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining industries.

Jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses', New Youland is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Youland's national animal is the knarf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Awesomism, and its currency is the fol.

New Youland is ranked 4th in Cental Pacific Archipelago and 94,006th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -239 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and