Location: Korel

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Fuzzy And Furry Domain of Swarming Cute Kittens is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Kat Kattin with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.788 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swarming Cute Kittens City. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling industries.

Billions of whiskers are being blown on orbital weapons development, citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory minature radios, ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, and thousands of former welfare recipients are in a revolutionary uproar as the rest of society is enjoying a hefty tax break. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Swarming Cute Kittens's national animal is the kitten, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Meow Mix, and its currency is the whisker.

Swarming Cute Kittens is ranked 13th in Korel and 57,102nd in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 44 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and