Location: South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Incorporated States of Paladinsanity is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alex Brunnen with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 1.221 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Port Elsinore. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Soda Sales industry, followed by Furniture Restoration and Book Publishing.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, Paladinsanity has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paladinsanity's national animal is the Chicken, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is The Path of Norr, and its currency is the Bottle.

Paladinsanity is ranked 27th in South Pacific and 90,631st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -22 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and