Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United States of RaiderNation is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Irwin with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 997 million are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Social Equality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of DostyBlood. The average income tax rate is 66%. 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.

RaiderNation Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', a recent political debate came to a quick close once the ruling party decreed it was "just plain silly", the government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, and the welfare administration’s new sweeping authority has forced the poor and needy to shop from pre-approved grocery lists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. RaiderNation's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Dollar.

RaiderNation is ranked 3,125th in The North Pacific and 64,856th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and