Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Transflocka is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its ban on automobiles. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.976 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 devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chanel. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Tourism and Retail.

Parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, the government has hired out-of-work fashion designers to design purses for men, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, and the government pours millions of Holts into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Transflocka's national animal is the Bobcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is None, and its currency is the Holt.

Transflocka is ranked 3,696th in the Pacific and 86,586th 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