Location: Europeia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Federation of Hollandislavia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sheldon Cooper PhD with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.873 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Old York City. The average income tax rate is 82%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Birds and children's kites are regularly brought down by anti-aircraft fire, companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, and government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hollandislavia's national animal is the Sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Hollandislavian Dollar.

Hollandislavia is ranked 1,019th in Europeia and 84,263rd 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