Location: Xaymaca

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Maritime Empire of Antemyst is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Crystalline Fosterman with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.698 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.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Defence, Healthcare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qumenee. Income tax is unheard of. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns, same-sex marriages are increasingly common, the new hit series "Antemyst's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country, and people are now classified as male, female, or genderqueer. Crime is a problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Antemyst's national animal is the anoli lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the cohoba.

Antemyst is ranked 9th in Xaymaca and 80,094th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -23 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and