Location: The Moon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Laser Light Show of The Dark Side of The Moon is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Pink Floyd with a fair hand, and notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.033 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Planrtarium. The average income tax rate is 81%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Politicians have to be granted day-release from prison to speak on bills, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The The Planrtarium Times is sold out. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Dark Side of The Moon's national animal is the loon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is The Dark Side of the Moon, and its currency is the album.

The Dark Side of The Moon is ranked 219th in The Moon and 97,987th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and