Location: Dystopia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sinful Satanists of Sin is a massive, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.219 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hell. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Gambling.

The art of conversation has been rediscovered, citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, and Sin is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Sin's national animal is the Demons and Devils, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Souls of Sinners.

Sin is ranked 9th in Dystopia and 82,258th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -18 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and