Location: The East Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Socialist Commonwealth of Kelssek is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 17.878 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neorvins. The average income tax rate is 98%. A very small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Abortions are routinely performed in Kelssek's hospitals, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Kelssek's radio stations, and all recreational drugs are legal. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kelssek's national animal is the polar bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the loonie.

Kelssek is ranked 4,226th in The East Pacific and 98,167th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and