Location: Gholgoth

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sleeper Agent of Ekraysia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by HIS SOVEREIGN HIGHNESS THE EMPEROR with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 6.64 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Social Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Samei. The average income tax rate is 89%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Tourism.

Postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ekraysia's national animal is the Panzerkampfwagen III, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Buddhism, and its currency is the Local Currency.

Ekraysia is ranked 43rd in Gholgoth and 80,041st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and