Location: Ethimeil

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederacy of Ansunithrot is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.284 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 juggles the competing demands of Defence, Commerce, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ansunithrot City. The average income tax rate is 68%. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", guns are banned, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Ansunithrot to be bombproof, and citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ansunithrot's national animal is the Hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Shekel.

Ansunithrot is ranked 1st in Ethimeil and 54,362nd in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 21 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and