Location: Discordia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of L Ron Hubbard INC is a colossal, devout nation, ruled by old L Ron himself with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 9.231 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zidon. The average income tax rate is 97%. 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.

Child labor has been outlawed, society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy, L Ron Hubbard INC's newly-famous raindances to summon storms instead attract tourists from all over Discordia, and police officers have nearly cracked a major underage astronomy syndicate. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. L Ron Hubbard INC's national animal is the Ring-tailed Lemur, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is L Ron Hubbard INC, and its currency is the Thetan.

L Ron Hubbard INC is ranked 6th in Discordia and 10,786th 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