Location: The Commonwealth of Greater Nations

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Nationalist Centralist State of Acervia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Director Benedict Riivom with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate population of 4.046 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Templum. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The recent ban on computers is causing havoc throughout the nation, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acervia's national animal is the Acervian Black Winged Kite, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Cerva.

Acervia is ranked 4th in The Commonwealth of Greater Nations and 8,348th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 17 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and