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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Republic of Rogue Mississippi is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.532 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Gambling and Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

An underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, alligators with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, and conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rogue Mississippi's national animal is the alligator, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the dollar.

Rogue Mississippi is ranked 1st in Hello Kitty and 7,568th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 6 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and