Location: Empires of Earth

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Constitutional Monarchy of Luthien Telrunya is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Arabella Naavi with a fair hand, and renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.986 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, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ashcrofte. The average income tax rate is 74%, 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 government is giving peace a chance, only fully-fledged members of MENSA are allowed to vote, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Luthien Telrunya's national animal is the siamese cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Thien.

Luthien Telrunya is ranked 94th in Empires of Earth and 95,783rd in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -27 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and