Location: The Klonor Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Associated Systems of Klonor is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by the Grand Duke Solomon Klonor with an even hand, and notable for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.282 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and Defence are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Leoldville. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, abortions are routinely performed in Klonor's hospitals, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, and rumor has it that the government was paid off by the mob to allow casinos to reopen. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Klonor's national animal is the puma, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the floren.

Klonor is ranked 7th in The Klonor Empire and 101,172nd in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -12 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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