Location: Scandinavia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Eudaimonia of Luchsuria is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 12.437 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Social Equality. The average income tax rate is 78%, 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.

The military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, and cremation is compulsory for the deceased. Crime is totally unknown. Luchsuria's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Alois.

Luchsuria is ranked 80th in Scandinavia and 96,898th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -29 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and