Location: Leninist Russia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Socialist States of Eastern European Nations is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Elena Temnikova with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.968 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

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 Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kurgan. The average income tax rate is 86%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

The government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, organ donation is compulsory, and pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Eastern European Nations's national animal is the Anaconda, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Soviet Pound.

Eastern European Nations is ranked 7th in Leninist Russia and 90,910th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and