Location: Scotland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United States of Clemantion is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Waffle with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.845 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 Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Clemantion City. The average income tax rate is 97%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Government officials have to mortgage their homes to make ends meet, government officials frequently cut taxes as a distraction from antics with their secretaries, an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, and the CBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Clemantion's national animal is the Clemant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Clemantine.

Clemantion is ranked 10th in Scotland and 12,216th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and