Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dictatorship of Red Snapperstein is a huge, economically powerful nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 727 million are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Festung Snapper. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 50%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Gambling.

Retail stores offer sales every hour on the hour, military service is compulsory, the people of Red Snapperstein are renowned for their nihilistic attitudes, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Red Snapperstein's national animal is the Schnitzel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Mark.

Red Snapperstein is ranked 156th in The North Pacific and 5,717th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and