Location: Australia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dictatorship of Skippy The Bush Kangaroo is a huge, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 664 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 12%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Pizza Delivery, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining industries.

Corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians, a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, the government is pursuing a new programme aimed at promoting cultural sophistication, and organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime is relatively low. Skippy The Bush Kangaroo's national animal is the Kangaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Shiny Thing.

Skippy The Bush Kangaroo is ranked 12th in Australia and 48,047th 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