Location: Eastern Roman Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Lonskarvia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by King Bigfoot The Oppressor with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12.177 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is effectively ruled by the Department of Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rejivslavia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology industries.

Military spending is on the increase, political activists are routinely executed, the country is preparing for war, and jails have become colloquially known as 'vampire houses'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Lonskarvia's national animal is the Dungbeetle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Lonska.

Lonskarvia is ranked 265th in Eastern Roman Empire and 94,742nd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -398 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and