Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Sudikra is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Arkidus with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.715 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 Social Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sudikra City. The average income tax rate is 78%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

The armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, billions of potato s are being blown on orbital weapons development, cheating spouses are required to undergo job training, and ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sudikra's national animal is the griffin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is dudeism, and its currency is the potato .

Sudikra is ranked 3,654th in the Pacific and 85,181st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and