Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Vainamoinenia is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.634 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, surveillance cameras are banned, Vainamoinenia has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, and bombs are permitted on planes for the 'security of the passengers'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Vainamoinenia's national animal is the mock turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the floppy disk.

Vainamoinenia is ranked 75th in Canada and 78,536th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and