Location: pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of Kharkov is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Maochao with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 20.588 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 16%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Beef-Based Agriculture.

The Kharkov Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', organ donation rates have hit a new low, the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, and ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kharkov's national animal is the golden eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the gold piece.

Kharkov is ranked 1st in pacific and 1,289th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 10 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and