Location: Kage Shinema

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Shinobi of Shichinin no Samurai is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.214 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business government appears to have no policy direction whatsoever. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12%. A large private sector is led by the Trout Farming industry, followed by Book Publishing and Cheese Exports.

Crime is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Shichinin no Samurai's national animal is the Akita-inu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Koku.

Shichinin no Samurai is ranked 2nd in Kage Shinema and 52,563rd 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