Location: Sparta

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Evil Capital City-State of Spartan Philidelphia is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Luigi Mario with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.095 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spartan Philidelphia . The average income tax rate is 18%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

Female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, former school buses now regularly shuttle kids to the nearest shopping centers to work, speaking out against the government is punishable by flogging, and marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams. Crime is totally unknown. Spartan Philidelphia's national animal is the Cheese Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Pastafarianism, and its currency is the Gold Stuff.

Spartan Philidelphia is ranked 13th in Sparta and 96,363rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -28 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and