Location: Ixnay

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of New Chalcedon is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Empress Eirena IV with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed population of 10.119 billion enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and Defence are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constantinopolis Secundus. The average income tax rate is 46%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

Drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, organ donation is compulsory, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Chalcedon's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Orthodox Christianity, and its currency is the Denarius.

New Chalcedon is ranked 6th in Ixnay and 3,420th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and