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The Cunning Plan of Sichuan Pepper is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Wordy with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 3.498 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although the Environment and Law & Order are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pepper Pot City. The average income tax rate is 83%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Public nudity is compulsory, Wordy is the self-declared God of all Sichuan Pepper, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, and a government program is underway to revitalize Sichuan Pepper's beaches. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sichuan Pepper's national animal is the Mouse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Pepper.

Sichuan Pepper is ranked 4th in Nord and 4,910th in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 105 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and