Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of LEESSANG is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed population of 1.189 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 Law & Order, although Healthcare and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asurabalbalta. The average income tax rate is 68%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, followed by Tourism and Book Publishing.

Hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in LEESSANG's many privately-owned prisons, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, and the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. LEESSANG's national animal is the Hexagonal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gil.

LEESSANG is ranked 1,199th in Balder and 50,557th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and