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 compulsory military service. Its compassionate population of 4.666 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 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 airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, mandatory daycare is provided by the government, the national Police Academies have dedicated infant wings, and strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins. 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 47th in The Commonwealth of Greater Nations and 95,467th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and