Location: Sals Realm

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederate States of Arkinesia is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by President Neil Knight with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 10.374 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Public Transport. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kotaharapan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Tourism.

Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, and the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arkinesia's national animal is the Wyvern, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Bahpiahar.

Arkinesia is ranked 3rd in Sals Realm and 3,151st in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 29 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and