Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Restless Movement of The Passenger is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.572 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Equality and Healthcare are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 26%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports industries.

Abortions are routinely performed in The Passenger's hospitals, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, and graffiti graces every city's streets. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. The Passenger's national animal is the hound dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the pound.

The Passenger is ranked 17th in San Francisco Bay Area and 63,728th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -14 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and