Location: Sector 29

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The 13th district of Warped Aggression is a massive, devout nation, ruled by The Guy in the Top Hat with an even hand, and remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.228 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 Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Eden. The average income tax rate is 2%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Gambling and Information Technology.

The government is seen to favor Catholics, the WABI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays, Warped Aggression's army is full of two-metre tall super-soldiers, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Warped Aggression's national animal is the parrot, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is christianity, and its currency is the interstellar kredit.

Warped Aggression is ranked 1st in Sector 29 and 8,714th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 2 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and