Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Constitutional Monarchy of Lithuania Monarchy is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.895 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Social Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 29%. A robust private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales industries.

A nation-wide cull of Wolfs is in effect, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country. Crime is moderate. Lithuania Monarchy's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Litas.

Lithuania Monarchy is ranked 232nd in Europe and 71,075th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -15 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and