Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of World of Warcraft is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.22 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 government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stuttgart. The average income tax rate is 79%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Tourism, and Information Technology industries.

People faint regularly as they get stuck with compulsory vaccinations, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, ten-year-olds regularly found their own political parties, and retail stores offer sales every hour on the hour. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. World of Warcraft's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Deutsche Mark.

World of Warcraft is ranked 4,538th in the South Pacific and 93,743rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and