Location: Pelican Bay

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of PlNEAPPLE is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Johnathan Black with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.271 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mango Town. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14%. A robust private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Pizza Delivery and Woodchip Exports.

Eight out of ten children believe hard lemonade gives you cirrhosis of the liver, teenagers are sent to jail for being out too late, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate. PlNEAPPLE's national animal is the Platypus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Daphinism, and its currency is the Lirt.

PlNEAPPLE is ranked 12th in Pelican Bay and 59,218th 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