Location: Hellenic Civilization

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The DRAMATICALLY DEMENTED DEMONS of THE STATE OF DENIAL is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Ostrich Oscar with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 16.086 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Defence and Education are on the agenda. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Loans are available for students from poor families, police officers have been re-kitted with designer uniforms and gold plated handcuffs, cremation is compulsory for the deceased, and people are arrested for looking too sternly at whales. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. THE STATE OF DENIAL's national animal is the ostrich, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the sloob.

THE STATE OF DENIAL is ranked 1st in Hellenic Civilization and 3,582nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and