Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Principality of Castanos is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed population of 4.028 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 juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carano. The average income tax rate is 68%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

Referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, all new "spies" are fifteen-year-old acne-ridden kids on computers, Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, and government police forces protect public schools from the threat of protest. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castanos's national animal is the Lemurian, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Hean.

Castanos is ranked 101st in Europe and 12,232nd in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 59 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and