History YMMV / JenniferGovernment

* CompleteMonster: John Nike is a stand-out CorruptCorporateExecutive even by the standards of the corporatist {{Dystopia}} in the novel. As the Vice-President of Marketing for [[MegaCorp Nike]], he arranges to increase their latest product's revenue by increasing its notoriety by killing ten of the first persons who buy it, [[WouldHurtAChild including children]]. When agent Jennifer Government catches on to his scheme through the inevitable chain of subcontractors that expose his plot, he orders Jennifer's 8-year old daughter Kate—revealed to be his own child from a previous relation he had with Jennifer--kidnapped and [[OffingTheOffspring threatens to kill her]] if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He ultimately tries to hire a paramilitarized NRA to kill the President so he can give his own unscrupulous MegaCorp complete power to control and process humanity as he sees fit. John Nike's {{greed}} has no limits and he is willing to see [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans his entire society reduced to an unending nightmare]] out of selfishness and cruelty.

* ValuesResonance: It was absurdist, political satire when it was first release. After the Great Recession, with the long term damage it has caused,[[note]]Sky High cost of living, persistent Under Employment, Extreme Wage Disparity, Prohibitive Healthcare Costs, and Increasing Poverty Rates even when Unemployment is low[[/note]] it comes off less as satire and more a dire warning of what's to come if things do not change.

* MorePopularSpinoff: Browser-based politics simulator ''Website/NationStates'' started as a promotional item for the book.

* MorePopularSpinoff: Browser based politics simulator ''Website/NationStates'' started as a promotional item for the book.

* CompleteMonster: John Nike is a stand-out CorruptCorporateExecutive even by the standards of the corporatist {{Dystopia}} in the novel. As the Vice-President of Marketing for [[MegaCorp Nike]], he arranges to increase their latest product's revenue by increasing its notoriety by killing every person who buys it, [[WouldHurtAChild including children]]. When agent Jennifer Government catches on to his scheme through the inevitable chain of subcontractors that expose his plot, he orders Jennifer's 8-year old daughter Kate—revealed to be his own child from a previous relation he had with Jennifer--kidnapped and [[OffingTheOffspring threatens to kill her]] if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He ultimately tries to hire a paramilitarized NRA to kill the President so he can give his own unscrupulous MegaCorp complete power to control and process humanity as he sees fit. John Nike's {{greed}} has no limits and he is willing to see [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans his entire society reduced to an unending nightmare]] out of selfishness and cruelty.

* CompleteMonster: John Nike.
-->"Who cares if I have to kill fourteen people, one of whom is a schoolgirl, as long as it makes a good buck?"
** And later in the book, [[spoiler: he kidnaps Jennifer's ''8-year old daughter'' Kate, and makes it quite clear he has no qualms about killing her if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He even ''laughs'' about it.]] He is also [[spoiler: Kate's biological father]]

** And later in the book, [[spoiler: he kidnaps Jennifer's ''eight-year old daughter'' Kate, and makes it quite clear he has no qualms about killing her if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He even ''laughs'' about it.]] Don't forget that he is also [[spoiler: Kate's biological father]]
* MorePopularSpinoff: Browser based politics simulator ''NationStates'' started as a promotional item for the book.

And later in the book, [[spoiler: he kidnaps Jennifer's ''eight-year old daughter'' Kate, and makes it quite clear he has no qualms about killing her if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He even ''laughs'' about it.]] Don't forget that he is also [[spoiler: Kate's biological father]]

-->"Who cares if I have to kill fourteen people, one of whom is a schoolgirl, as long as it makes a good buck?" And later in the book, [[spoiler: he kidnaps Jennifer's ''eight-year old daughter'' Kate, and makes it quite clear he has no qualms about killing her if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He even ''laughs'' about it.]] Don't forget that he is also [[spoiler: Kate's biological father]]

-->"Who cares if I have to kill fourteen people, one of whom is a schoolgirl, as long as it makes a good buck?"
** And later in the book, [[spoiler: he kidnaps Jennifer's ''eight-year old daughter'' Kate, and makes it quite clear he has no qualms about killing her if Jennifer tries to arrest him. He even ''laughs'' about it.]]
*** Don't forget that he is also [[spoiler: Kate's biological father]]

* ChaoticEvil: John Nike, definitely. The rest of the executives mostly fall into NeutralEvil or LawfulEvil.