Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Empire of Lockion is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by the Imperator with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 6.356 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Healthcare and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kalaman. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 44%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Gambling and Uranium Mining.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, airship use has soared while property values beneath their routes have plummeted, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lockion's national animal is the Squig, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is the Order of Ollamander, and its currency is the Crown.

Lockion is ranked 248th in Balder and 34,158th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 13 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and