Location: Angolis

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Wikipedia and Universe is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Jimmy Wales with a fair hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 5.813 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Social Equality, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Olivia. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Arms Manufacturing.

Military spending is on the increase, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, sex changes are routinely performed at Wikipedia and Universe's hospitals, and the tenet of free speech is held dear. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wikipedia and Universe's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Wikipedian Dollar.

Wikipedia and Universe is ranked 6th in Angolis and 81,154th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -17 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and