Location: Mystria

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Mostly Sublime Republic of Cantalvia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Fredrick Vanderlan with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 1.619 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ratilva. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Tourism.

Children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "Love and peace!" as a way of life, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, billions of Honorias are being blown on orbital weapons development, and companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave. Crime is totally unknown. Cantalvia's national animal is the Gold Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Honoria.

Cantalvia is ranked 28th in Mystria and 93,682nd 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