Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Serene Heavenly Texas Abode of The Hello Kitty Angel is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.659 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, the Environment, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 59%, 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.

The arms industry is strictly regulated, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, all-natural foods are becoming a major fad, and all footpaths have tollbooths. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. The Hello Kitty Angel's national animal is the Hello Kitty, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Pretty Shiny Things.

The Hello Kitty Angel is ranked 156th in Texas and 97,770th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -31 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and