"Live free or get the hell out"
UN Category: Corporate Bordello
Civil Rights: Excellent
Economy: Powerhouse
Political Freedoms: Superb
Location: The North Pacific
The Commonwealth of Nitemare is a tiny, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5 million are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.
The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Commerce, and Religion & Spirituality. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing industries.
Crime is a major problem. Nitemare's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the pound