Location: Antarctic Oasis

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nifty Fraternity of Retired WerePenguins is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Faithful Navigator with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 13.101 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Defence and Public Transport are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dumont D Urville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing.

Protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, the government has organised a nationwide cull of infected tourists, kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun", and citizens are frequently held up at gunpoint by their local pizza delivery boys. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive. Retired WerePenguins's national animal is the tourist, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Token.

Retired WerePenguins is ranked 58th in Antarctic Oasis and 97,506th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -30 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and