Location: GameFAQs

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of SwiftRiver is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.74 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Healthcare and Social Welfare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SwiftRiver City. The average income tax rate is 95%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

A niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. SwiftRiver's national animal is the racoon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Shiny.

SwiftRiver is ranked 7th in GameFAQs and 97,362nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -30 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

Preview

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and