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The Holy Kingdom of Den svenska riket is a massive, safe nation, ruled by King Karl XXVI with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, cynical population of 2.266 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

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 Stockholm. The average income tax rate is 91%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, the government seizes all major gold finds, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, and schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Den svenska riket's national animal is the Swedish Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Protestantism, and its currency is the Krona.

Den svenska riket is ranked 439th in 10000 Islands and 3,612th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 71 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and