Location: the Rejected Realms

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Jingoistic States of Very Jingoistic States is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Kama Sutra with a fair hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 3.229 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Very Jingoistic States City. 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 Furniture Restoration.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, all mothers are allowed six months fully-paid maternity leave, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime is totally unknown. Very Jingoistic States's national animal is the lemming, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the MONEY DESTROYS LIVES.

Very Jingoistic States is ranked 1,070th in the Rejected Realms and 80,470th 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