Location: South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sleep Deprived Maniacs of The lepearchauns is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jeffles The Great with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 11.48 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of End O' D' Rainbow. The average income tax rate is 96%. 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.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The lepearchauns's national animal is the Flying Snake of Dublin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Gold Coin.

The lepearchauns is ranked 34th in South Pacific and 99,535th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -37 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and