Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The OCD Bicyclists of Wickedly evil people is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 17.049 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Defence, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Information Technology and Retail.

Elections are outlawed and a hairstylist has recently received a government appointment, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, cremation is compulsory for the deceased, and inheritance tax has recently been abolished. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wickedly evil people's national animal is the kitty, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the yuan.

Wickedly evil people is ranked 3,615th in the West Pacific and 81,296th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and