Location: Texas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Red Islands of Yaswant is a colossal, pleasant nation, ruled by Minker with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.551 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, pro-business individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kynsi. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Woodchip Exports and Gambling.

Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, drunk drivers are sentenced to death, and newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Yaswant's national animal is the Nighthawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Cthulhu, and its currency is the Ignis.

Yaswant is ranked 44th in Texas and 6,736th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 51 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and