Location: Equilism

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Inexplicably Still Here of Flexion is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Jethro Schofield with a fair hand, and notable for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 9.895 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aegium. The average income tax rate is 78%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, and glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town. Crime is totally unknown. Flexion's national animal is the arion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the credit.

Flexion is ranked 73rd in Equilism and 87,814th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and