Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Republic of Khorsun is a colossal, devout nation, ruled by Alexis Maroone with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.874 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 Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kranoraya. The average income tax rate is 58%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Beef-Based Agriculture industries.

Spies caught in Khorsun are never heard from again, the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines, politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, and teenagers stay out into the wee hours of the morning "stargazing". Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Khorsun's national animal is the hyena, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the kreyla.

Khorsun is ranked 239th in Balder and 8,280th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and