Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kick-Ass Kingdom of Wackiest is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by King Phil with a fair hand, and notable for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.347 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 the Environment, Social Equality, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Liverpool. The average income tax rate is 82%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, protests are prohibited from blocking traffic, a nation-wide cull of Undeads is in effect, and the government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Wackiest's national animal is the Undead, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Church of Kratos, and its currency is the Wackiest Mark.

Wackiest is ranked 4,184th in the West Pacific and 100,932nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -54 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and