Location: The Gotthard Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Gotthard is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its parental licensing program. Its compassionate population of 670 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gotthard City. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

Kids laugh off vandalism and arson as "just fun", roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gotthard's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Crown.

Gotthard is ranked 1st in The Gotthard Empire and 92,495th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and