Location: New York

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Oppressed Peoples of We Definitely Surrender is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.388 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hugs and Kisses. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Tourism industries.

Innocent defendants often plea guilty for fear of receiving a much harsher sentence before jury, the government is cracking down on subversive groups, a spate of enforced closures has left 'Government FM' as the nation's only radio station, and poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment. Crime is moderate. We Definitely Surrender's national animal is the Flamingo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Surrender.

We Definitely Surrender is ranked 8th in New York and 8,071st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 5 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and