Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Rogue Nation of Ubernothingness is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by karnathanon with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.631 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

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 Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ubernothingdom. The average income tax rate is 75%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

Crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, Ubernothingness's schoolchildren are manufactured into a segregated bunch of soldiers, religious zealots, and computer technicians, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Ubernothingness's national animal is the kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Uber.

Ubernothingness is ranked 4,051st in the West Pacific and 95,784th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -27 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and