Location: Minyang

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Liaoist Federation of Stoklomolvi is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Vladimir Stuyonovich with an iron fist, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.358 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vladistov. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Uranium Mining.

The government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', the government strictly regulates whale harvest quotas, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, and abortions are routinely performed in Stoklomolvi's hospitals. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stoklomolvi's national animal is the South China tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the stoklomov.

Stoklomolvi is ranked 9th in Minyang and 93,586th in the world for Best Weather, with -442 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and