Location: Sweden

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic community of New silbodale is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by State minister Anton Simonsson with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate population of 1.314 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karlstad. The average income tax rate is 78%. 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.

There's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, schoolchildren have twice-weekly sex education classes, and crooks and people with too many kids are being kicked out of the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New silbodale's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Silbodalian Krona.

New silbodale is ranked 10th in Sweden and 95,555th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and