Location: Third Echelon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Prussian Republic of Calizorinstan is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Harry Arnold with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 8.742 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Diego. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Information Technology.

Photographers have to apply for a license to photograph Harry Arnold, bloodthirsty zealots regularly participate in the Friday Night Stoning of Adulterers, dark alleys and public toilets are filled with furtive sexual activities among teenagers and unmarried adults, and the populace harbors a fierce hatred of the metric system. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Calizorinstan's national animal is the great white shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the atla.

Calizorinstan is ranked 1st in Third Echelon and 4,090th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and