Location: Nova

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Unitary Technocracy of Etoile Arcture is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Soledad Martin with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 11.235 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Commerce and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Corinth. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 47%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Information Technology.

Internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase, military spending is on the increase, there are no minimum wage laws, and Red Cross demand for body bags are rising while sutures are decreasing. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Etoile Arcture's national animal is the Hirsute Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is no religion, and its currency is the Simoleon.

Etoile Arcture is ranked 2nd in Nova and 1,553rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and