Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sarky desperatly needs a nap of Sarkhaan is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.072 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sarkhaan City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining industries.

Mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, cremation is compulsory for the deceased, and the people elect the Supreme Court justices directly. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sarkhaan's national animal is the sugar glider, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the alawai.

Sarkhaan is ranked 840th in the South Pacific and 21,584th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and