Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Declined Empire of Dimoniquid is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Josh Barron with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.624 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 Law & Order, Education, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luisiano. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports industries.

Citizens must have a license to operate a computer, criminals are thrown to the eagles to repay their debt to society, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and employers may fire workers without giving any reason. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dimoniquid's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Buddhism, and its currency is the pound.

Dimoniquid is ranked 1,610th in Balder and 82,951st in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -31 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and