Location: Wysteria

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Varangian Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Reichschancellor N Radetsky with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 20.346 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal individuals devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Welfare and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novgorod. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Retail.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, the Galicia-Volhynia Mental Asylum Party have recently won seats in parliament, all new "spies" are fifteen-year-old acne-ridden kids on computers, and Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Galicia-Volhynia's national animal is the Merlion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Varangian Orthodoxism, and its currency is the Krona.

Galicia-Volhynia is ranked 20th in Wysteria and 181st in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 26 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and