Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Hardcore Fans and Cooks of Pepper Eggs is a huge, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 701 million live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spicy Peanuts . Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing industries.

Skateparks can be found in every city, euthanasia is legal, politicians are losing their jobs in a plan to make the government 'leaner and fitter', and the country is preparing for war. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Pepper Eggs's national animal is the Penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Powdered Pepper.

Pepper Eggs is ranked 3,715th in The East Pacific and 85,043rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and