Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The States of Rak92 is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Marlowe Marie Mordecai with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 932 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Equality and the Environment are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

All-natural foods are becoming a major fad, students cut up leftover dollars during Arts and Crafts, expensive lawyers are hired to defend citizens in court for public urination charges against their pets, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Rak92's border. Crime is totally unknown. Rak92's national animal is the crow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Rak92 is ranked 4,006th in The East Pacific and 92,607th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -24 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and