Location: The New Galactic Republic

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Pragmatic Optimization of SkaMs is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Pragmatobot with a fair hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.322 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, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Optimapolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Loans are available for students from poor families, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and the nation refuses to provide international aid. Crime is well under control. SkaMs's national animal is the squirrel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the buck.

SkaMs is ranked 28th in The New Galactic Republic and 69,642nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and