Kid Nation contestants running, hopefully from a bear or lion.Courtesy of CBS

If you're a regular Vulture reader, you'll probably know by now that no television show on the fall schedule has us more excited than CBS's Kid Nation, the awesomest, most child-abusingest reality program ever conceived — only KN forces children, ages 8 to 15, to survive on their own in the New Mexican desert without adult supervision. Despite a legion of complainers upset about a few on-set mishaps (one little rascal burned her face while operating a stove, a few others accidentally drank some bleach), the show looks set to debut, as planned, on September 19. CBS is so sure it'll be a hit (as are we) that they've already put out an open casting call for a second season, posting a questionnaire on their official Website for any prospective contestants. It looks pretty standard ("What do you want to be when you grow up and why?," "Name 3 of your favorite hobbies," etc.), but if Nation going to be anywhere near as great as we hope, there are some questions we'd like these kids to answer:

1. Apropos of nothing, what's the longest you've ever survived alone in the desert without food or water?

2. Have you ever heard of the Geneva Conventions?