Location: Maidens of the Kaleidoscope

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Crossdressing Traps of Alstroemerica is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Hideyoshi Kinoshita with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.229 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and the Environment are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carnival of Fetishes. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Gambling.

Bizarre-looking creatures called 'Lingerie-clad Angeldogs' dominate wildlife preserves, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Alstroemerica's national animal is the Lingerie-clad Angel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Nopantiesism, and its currency is the Crossdressing Boy.

Alstroemerica is ranked 7th in Maidens of the Kaleidoscope and 88,140th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and