Location: the West Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Theocracy of Kligons is a huge, devout nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 864 million are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kligons City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail industries.

Graffiti graces every city's streets, newspapers cannot report anything about politicians without their explicit consent, fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets, and Kligons's leader goes out to lunch surrounded by large men in dark glasses. Crime is a problem. Kligons's national animal is the Fossa, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the yodel.

Kligons is ranked 848th in the West Pacific and 23,439th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and