Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Angership of Calvania Lutherburg is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Calvin Luther with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.984 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wittenburg. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

The government is cracking down on subversive groups, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, and children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Calvania Lutherburg's national animal is the kitty, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Lutheranism, and its currency is the thing.

Calvania Lutherburg is ranked 29th in the West Pacific and 1,981st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 9 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and