Location: A Modern World

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Kinstantia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Christian I with a fair hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 4.893 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, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dariopolis. The average income tax rate is 72%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Information Technology.

Record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported, eight year-olds with lemonade stands have been known to be locked up on charges of embezzlement, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Dariopolis Times is sold out, and photographers can be found hiding behind the curtains in Emperor Christian I's bedroom. Crime is totally unknown. Kinstantia's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is No official relgion, and its currency is the Kahn.

Kinstantia is ranked 24th in A Modern World and 85,660th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and