1/200s | f5 | 75mm | My youngest kid brother at Redang.

Kid Nation is Survivor for kids; 40 kids left to their own devices at a deserted town, divided into 4 teams and led by 4 council members, the youngest of whom is 10. The kids have minimal adult supervision (off-camera) which makes Kid Nation controversial as it is interesting.

The 4 teams are divided into classes determined by a Showdown, an obstacle course of sort. There's the upper class (members of which get paid the most but can choose to work or not to), the merchants (who run the stores), the cooks (who prepares the meals) and the labourers (who clean the toilets and do all the hard labour for 10% of what the upper class team receives). So, what's in it for the upper class to contribute to help build a thriving town? A Gold Star which is "worth its weight in gold", awarded by the 4 council members to the most-deserving kid.

An apparent class system facilitates governing; everyone has a role to fill and Kid Nation has a good "government" which provides weekly opportunity to move up the social rung. In that, there's much to learn from this pseudo social experiment especially when the richest 2% own half of the world's wealth.