Location: Novoy Itroscha

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederated City-States of Chetkosk is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Bogdan Mikhailovich with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.573 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Berlinengrad. The average income tax rate is 84%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Gambling industries.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Chetkosk's national animal is the Red-breasted Tundra Harrier, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Slavic Orthodox, and its currency is the Chetmark.

Chetkosk is ranked 1st in Novoy Itroscha and 31,161st in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 150 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

View Forum posts

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and