Location: Greater Dienstad

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Benevolent Dictatorship of Falkasia is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Premier Vladimir Kazyenko with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, cynical population of 8.428 billion are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ekaterine. The average income tax rate is 96%. A large private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Falkasia's many privately-owned prisons, citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon, billions of Falkasian Dinars are being blown on orbital weapons development, and skateboarding is punishable by heavy fines. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Falkasia's national animal is the Imperial Falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Nondenominational Christianity, and its currency is the Falkasian Dinar.

Falkasia is ranked 23rd in Greater Dienstad and 10,716th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and