Location: Maredoratica

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Whiskeasy is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 8.654 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 79%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling industries.

Guns are banned, earth worms are frequently shot for looking at people 'in a funny way', international tensions are high as Whiskeasy threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, and the government enforces a policy of 'from each according to their ability, to each according to the available budget'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Whiskeasy's national animal is the earth worm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the poond.

Whiskeasy is ranked 33rd in Maredoratica and 89,698th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -21 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and