Location: The Cemetery

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Quiet Crypts of The Nation Keeper is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 19.555 billion enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Religion & Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 40%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is led by the Soda Sales industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Arms Manufacturing.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Nation Keeper's national animal is the raven, and its currency is the tombstone.

The Nation Keeper is ranked 1st in The Cemetery and 67,690th in the world for Stupidest Citizens, scoring 13 on the Average Edu-UNtellignce® Test Score.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and