Location: The Milky Way Galaxy

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Star Empire of Huerdae is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Vlais with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.443 billion are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helsearc. The average income tax rate is 35%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, seafood restaurants assure customers 'If it lives in the sea, it's on our menu', euthanasia is legal, and the internet has been placed under government control. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Huerdae's national animal is the Salamander, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Huerdaen Ingot.

Huerdae is ranked 68th in The Milky Way Galaxy and 92,672nd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -143 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and