Location: Chicago

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Climate change spring home of Oak Brook Mall Rats is a colossal, economically powerful nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.756 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, pro-business individuals devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7%. A large private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Crime is a serious problem. Oak Brook Mall Rats's national animal is the serval rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the TRR BBQ punch cookies.

Oak Brook Mall Rats is ranked 5th in Chicago and 54,979th 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