Location: the Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Macedonian Grand Empire is a huge, safe nation, ruled by Emperor Kristijan Kristijanov with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 763 million 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, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Education, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kristijanopolis. The average income tax rate is 72%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

International tensions are high as Macedonian Grand Empire threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens, a National Academy regulates grammar and usage, Emperor Kristijan Kristijanov has just been declared ruler of Macedonian Grand Empire in an international press conference, and anti-government web sites are springing up. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Macedonian Grand Empire's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Denar.

Macedonian Grand Empire is ranked 3,647th in the Pacific and 84,920th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and