Location: the Rejected Realms

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Norsemen of Antarsia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Donar Aerikkson with an even hand, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 3.382 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skylance City. The average income tax rate is 47%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Priests are being drafted by the church load, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Antarsia to be bombproof, the government now pays the "Really Awesome Super Heroes" (RASH) to catch evildoers, and murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Antarsia's national animal is the Svål Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Airn.

Antarsia is ranked 1,064th in the Rejected Realms and 80,513th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and