Location: Atrigeas

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Conwy is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 673 million hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Equality, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Conwy Castle. The average income tax rate is 29%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Woodchip Exports industries.

All guns must be registered, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Conwy Castle Times is sold out, the police force is on a recruitment drive, and citizens who leave the country are officially classed as traitors. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Conwy's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Sheep.

Conwy is ranked 13th in Atrigeas and 13,714th 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