Location: Gholgoth

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The New Gothic Empire of Automagfreek is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Lord Azrael Dreadfire with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed population of 19.885 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ULE City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape, Automagfreek's army is full of two-metre tall super-soldiers, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Automagfreek's national animal is the Piranha, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Vanmakt, and its currency is the mark.

Automagfreek is ranked 13th in Gholgoth and 1,433rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and