Location: Normandy

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The Katarian Monarchy of Kannap is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its national health service. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 2.219 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 is mainly concerned with the Environment, although Education and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kannapolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67%. 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.

Citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns, lending firms are subject to strict government regulations, teenage fathers are forced to join the army, and voting is voluntary. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kannap's national animal is the Nighthawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Presbyterianism, and its currency is the Royal Kannapian Krona.

Kannap is ranked 87th in Normandy and 100,706th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 70 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and