Location: Europeia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of ERNESTLAND is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Mr Walton with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.332 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 Education, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Golden City. The average income tax rate is 75%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in ERNESTLAND to be bombproof. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ERNESTLAND's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the walton.

ERNESTLAND is ranked 1,279th in Europeia and 98,519th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and