Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of An Clar is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gaius Melkor with an iron fist, and renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12.656 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Education are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Inis. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Tourists are kicked out if they express interest in their national sport, the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, the nationalized auto industry is adept at making durable little cars nobody wants to drive, and the arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. An Clar's national animal is the magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Melkorianism, and its currency is the banner yoyo.

An Clar is ranked 7th in Europe and 258th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 52 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and