Location: Union of Talkhausia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sig Sauer P229R of Bad Infinitum is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by General-In-Chief with an even hand, and remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.038 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Social Welfare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of THE TRI-STATE AREA. The average income tax rate is 73%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Gun ownership is compulsory, a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land, and streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bad Infinitum's national animal is the evil possum, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is pastafarian, and its currency is the black ice.

Bad Infinitum is ranked 4th in Union of Talkhausia and 10,858th in the world for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 28 on the Gilded Widget Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and