Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Illustriously Shiny Embassy of Wysterian Ambassadors is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.199 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.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 9%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

The children of Wysterian Ambassadors are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, the government is avowedly atheist, the government is reining in public spending, and all recreational drugs are legal. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Wysterian Ambassadors's national animal is the Badger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Hand of Friendship.

Wysterian Ambassadors is ranked 151st in Canada and 99,040th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -35 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and