Location: Europeia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free State of Hamstownsten is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Tony Hamblock with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.954 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hamingsgrad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining industries.

The nation refuses to provide international aid, anti-government web sites are springing up, people are now classified as male, female, or genderqueer, and criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear. Crime is totally unknown. Hamstownsten's national animal is the Chicken, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Ham.

Hamstownsten is ranked 569th in Europeia and 51,212th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and