Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic States of Erkolcstelen is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.623 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Equality, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dolphopolis. The average income tax rate is 95%. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, volunteers are signing up to take arms against an incursion of flesh-eating zombies (Erkolcstelen has found 1 easter eggs), the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, and Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Erkolcstelen's national animal is the Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Geratski.

Erkolcstelen is ranked 2,348th in Balder and 90,703rd 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