Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Meyerland is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed population of 643 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lorport. The average income tax rate is 24%, but much higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is led by the Soda Sales, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports industries.

Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, nude art is becoming wildly popular, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, and organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime is a serious problem. Meyerland's national animal is the Narwhal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the MeyerMark.

Meyerland is ranked 312th in Europe and 78,624th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and