Location: The Heartland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Conference of Bikonria is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Chairman Sergei Koslov with an even hand, and remarkable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.824 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Spirra. The average income tax rate is 77%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Woodchip Exports and Book Publishing.

The government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order, the nation's massive battleships are often mistaken for islands, and pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bikonria's national animal is the timber wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Bikonrian Credit.

Bikonria is ranked 58th in The Heartland and 90,413th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and