Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Re-emerging empire of Byzanthium is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.98 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although the Environment and Public Transport are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Costantinople. The average income tax rate is 88%. A robust private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, Byzanthium has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, refugees from other nations are flocking to Byzanthium's border, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Byzanthium to be bombproof. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Byzanthium's national animal is the red october, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the maple leaves.

Byzanthium is ranked 60th in Balder and 2,445th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 15 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and