Location: The Blacklands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of Nobodys Fool is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 796 million 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.

The small, moralistic government devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Healthcare and Education receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16%. A very small private sector is led by the Retail industry, followed by Soda Sales and Arms Manufacturing.

Major archaeological findings are frequently bulldozed to make way for new buildings, Nobodys Fool recently decided against having a capital city, almost all of Nobodys Fool's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and blood donations have been banned because of the risk of eternal unrest. Crime is a serious problem. Nobodys Fool's national animal is the lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the eye.

Nobodys Fool is ranked 5th in The Blacklands and 58,586th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -13 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and