Location: Europeia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Commonwealth of Elyomia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Sir Elak Mohli with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.818 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pysskl. The average income tax rate is 71%, and even higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

New safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Elyomia to be bombproof, the nation is reliant on the principle of mutually assured destruction to maintain its security, many newspapers agree that the government's ban on cars to combat reckless driving was "a tad excessive", and politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elyomia's national animal is the Blue-Crested Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Elyom.

Elyomia is ranked 888th in Europeia and 76,840th 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