Location: Ulthar

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Most Serene Republic of Pacifist Polybot is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, cynical population of 4.903 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 97%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

The government encourages conflict abroad to increase arms sales, thousands of Pacifist Polybot's citizens have been evicted from their homes so as 'not to cause a fuss' on the international scene, abortions are routinely performed in Pacifist Polybot's hospitals, and gambling is outlawed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Pacifist Polybot's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the aquanote.

Pacifist Polybot is ranked 90th in Ulthar and 99,544th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -38 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and