Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Re-emerging empire of Byzanthium is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 8.816 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 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 85%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, and unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave. 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 1,667th in Balder and 72,684th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and