Location: the Rejected Realms

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Jingoistic States of Wizdom is a huge, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, cynical population of 469 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 44%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Pizza Delivery and Trout Farming.

Punitive tariffs protect local industry, the police force is on a recruitment drive, gambling is outlawed, and cars are banned. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown. Wizdom's national animal is the Owl of Wisdom, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Wise Token.

Wizdom is ranked 749th in the Rejected Realms and 53,326th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -12 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and