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The Realm of Clystia is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Mathrack with an even hand, and renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.731 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Winlanya. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and people have to sneak out of the country in order to have sex. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Clystia's national animal is the Dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Mark.

Clystia is ranked 33rd in Catholic and 85,908th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 14 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and