Location: 10000 Islands

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The Creepypasta-based nation of Sticks and Skulls is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sir Skeleton Almighty with an even hand, and notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its compassionate population of 1.577 billion are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Defence and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skeletopolis. The average income tax rate is 61%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, and prisons are crowded with possible terrorist suspects. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sticks and Skulls's national animal is the Skeleton, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is something, and its currency is the Skull pound.

Sticks and Skulls is ranked 1,392nd in 10000 Islands and 81,233rd in the world for Most Pacifist, scoring 2 on the Lennon-Springsteen Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and