Location: Imperial Britain

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Augustine Imperium of Esoteric Thought is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Ƶoterik with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed population of 10.047 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and the Environment are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ƶograd. The average income tax rate is 68%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Esoteric Thought's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is the Ƶoterik Personality Cult, and its currency is the Gulden.

Esoteric Thought is ranked 38th in Imperial Britain and 97,034th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and