Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Technocracy of Tandem is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Provost Zakharov with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.93 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tandem City. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, the lowest age at which one can marry has been recently lowered to 12, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is totally unknown. Tandem's national animal is the hedgehog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the credit.

Tandem is ranked 153rd in Canada and 89,478th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -72 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and