Location: European Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Constitutional Monarchy of Kryuland is a huge, safe nation, ruled by King Casimiro IV Krushj with a fair hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 962 million 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, Social Welfare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blossomjd. The average income tax rate is 77%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Woodchip Exports.

Teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs, police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, and councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kryuland's national animal is the hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the euro.

Kryuland is ranked 32nd in European Union and 13,407th 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