Location: Metroid

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Blazing Borderlands of Norfairdepths is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Ridley with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 15.836 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ridley's Lair. The average income tax rate is 37%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Norfairdepths has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, the police have been swamped with requests to stay up past bedtime, school uniforms are compulsory, and Crocomire is one of the most popular forenames in Norfairdepths. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Norfairdepths's national animal is the Crocomire, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Space Piracy, and its currency is the Squeept.

Norfairdepths is ranked 3rd in Metroid and 100,773rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -50 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and