Location: Hampshire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Empire of Livenda is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Emperor Aczel Livenda VII with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 7.301 billion 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 Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 93%, and even higher for the wealthy. 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.

A National Academy regulates grammar and usage, the tenet of free speech is held dear, the government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, and refugees from other nations are flocking to Livenda's border. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Livenda's national animal is the eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is no religion, and its currency is the dinaria.

Livenda is ranked 72nd in Hampshire and 98,262nd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and