Location: North America

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Particularly Grand Duchy of Caffeinneburg is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Archduke Mister Chris VI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its superstitious fear of technology. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 22.675 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Public Transport receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caffeinneburg City. The average income tax rate is 41%, but much higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, the government is spending billions of taxpayer orichalks to support the Uranium Mining industry, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and Caffeinneburg's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caffeinneburg's national animal is the alzabo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the orichalk.

Caffeinneburg is ranked 63rd in North America and 127,112th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -8 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and