Location: One big Island

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of The Babbage Islands is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its complete lack of public education. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.212 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.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defence, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Charleston. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales industries.

Legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffer-driven limousines, shaken martini sales have soared in nations surrounding The Babbage Islands, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem. The Babbage Islands's national animal is the snowy owl, and its currency is the edison.

The Babbage Islands is ranked 9th in One big Island and 10,160th in the world for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 9 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and