Location: Rushmore

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federation of Baltskandio is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Kersti Lillo with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.639 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.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rønne. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30%. A robust private sector is led by the Retail industry, followed by Basket Weaving and Book Publishing.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, citizens simply have to point a weapon at a government official to get what they want, and teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Baltskandio's national animal is the falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Lutheran Christianity, and its currency is the krono.

Baltskandio is ranked 89th in Rushmore and 82,092nd in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 9 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and