Location: Marvinic Sphere

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Republic of Kelanthia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Gordon Grath with an iron fist, and remarkable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.936 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Commerce are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sarion. The average income tax rate is 95%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

Psychological disorders are a taboo subject, skateparks can be found in every city, tombstones are ten feet high to accommodate the names of inhabitants, and the government pours millions of standard credits into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Kelanthia's national animal is the condor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is consumerism, and its currency is the standard credit.

Kelanthia is ranked 2nd in Marvinic Sphere and 94,110th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -252 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and