Location: Stargate

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Drone Nation of Casl is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by None with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 3.079 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Social Welfare, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is led by the Soda Sales industry, followed by Information Technology and Book Publishing.

The art of conversation has been rediscovered, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Casl's national animal is the None, and its currency is the None.

Casl is ranked 60th in Stargate and 81,577th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and