Location: St Abbaddon

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Clan of Hawkswind is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Khan with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 20.246 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hawkswind City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Police officers have been re-kitted with designer uniforms and gold plated handcuffs, all footpaths have tollbooths, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, and citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hawkswind's national animal is the jade falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the hawkshead.

Hawkswind is ranked 30th in St Abbaddon and 98,119th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and