Location: Kyzikos

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Belgian Defence Force of Campinia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Kevin Kempenzoon with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.687 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mol. The average income tax rate is 76%, and even higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, a nation-wide cull of Moles is in effect, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and Campinia is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Campinia's national animal is the Mole, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Atheistic Violetism, and its currency is the Eurofrank.

Campinia is ranked 336th in Kyzikos and 93,485th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and