Location: Sparta

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Spartan Ephor Territory of Kathmandu Island is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by General Marty Washington with an even hand, and renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed population of 5.598 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 effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as Commerce and Healthcare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Emblazic City. The average income tax rate is 65%, and even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

General Marty Washington is the self-declared God of all Kathmandu Island, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, Kathmandu Island successfully hosted the Sparta Olympics, and poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Kathmandu Island's national animal is the Plasma Dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is GOD CLOCKism, and its currency is the Plasma Krona.

Kathmandu Island is ranked 7th in Sparta and 46,636th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

Preview

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and