Location: Tribes of the Mystic

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of FreedomStates is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Aurelius I Empress Cathrine II with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 6.252 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wolf City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Gambling and Information Technology.

The nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, FreedomStates's army is full of two-metre tall super-soldiers, the nation has recently been attributed to the funding of terrorist organisations, 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. FreedomStates's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is The Order of the Dark Sun, and its currency is the Pence.

FreedomStates is ranked 2nd in Tribes of the Mystic and 19,563rd 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