diff --git a/src/npc/descriptions/accent.js b/src/npc/descriptions/accent.js
index 7472b41337f56cb9903d6a6dcb700db27033c822..818133afc00e7de242ad04b017c152725f869ed8 100644
--- a/src/npc/descriptions/accent.js
+++ b/src/npc/descriptions/accent.js
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ App.Desc.accent = function(slave) {
 	if (slave.accent !== 0) {
 		if (slave.accent === 1) {
 			accent = either("a beautiful", "a distinctive", "an intriguing", "a light", "a lovely", "a mild", "a pleasant", "a rich", "a slight", "a smooth");
-			r.push(`${He} speaks ${V.language} in ${accent} ${aNational(slave.nationality)}`);
+			r.push(`${He} speaks ${V.language} in ${accent}`);
+			if (slave.nationality !== "Stateless") {
+				r.push(aNational(slave.nationality));
+			}
 			if (slave.rules.speech === "accent elimination") {
 				r.push(`accent, which the rules encourage ${him} to suppress.`);
 			} else {