Location: The Sanctus Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United States of Kaspinia is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 618 million live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Law & Order, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Las Vekas City. The average income tax rate is 63%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Gambling, and Tourism industries.

Religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kaspinia's national animal is the Mockingbird, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Dollar.

Kaspinia is ranked 1st in The Sanctus Islands and 4,188th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and