Location: New Jersey

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The Fortunate Son of The Meathead is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 18.806 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 57%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Cheese Exports.

Crime is totally unknown. The Meathead's national animal is the bunker, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the gloria.

The Meathead is ranked 3rd in New Jersey and 20,405th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -9 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and