Location: belgium

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United States of Ferdinand van Olmen is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Ferdinand van Olmen with a fair hand, and renowned for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.931 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Welfare. The average income tax rate is 100%. 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.

The mob and the police have recently had numerous clashes in the back alleys of Ferdinand van Olmen's cities due to the government's steadfast anti-casino stance, the welfare administration’s new sweeping authority has forced the poor and needy to shop from pre-approved grocery lists, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime is totally unknown. Ferdinand van Olmen's national animal is the nijlpaard, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the euro.

Ferdinand van Olmen is ranked 103rd in belgium and 100,960th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and