Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Queendom of Wackypoo is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.395 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hastamanana City. The average income tax rate is 66%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave, kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun", government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, and the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion. Crime is totally unknown. Wackypoo's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the wackypoop.

Wackypoo is ranked 3,781st in the West Pacific and 87,068th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and