Location: Catlandatopia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Over-Dressed Word Slingers of Vash Stampede is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 13.157 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39%. A small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Gun ownership is compulsory, the government seizes all major gold finds, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vash Stampede's national animal is the Dizla, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Kryll.

Vash Stampede is ranked 36th in Catlandatopia and 62,882nd in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 12 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and