Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Nidarvellir is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Odin with an even hand, and notable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed population of 4.561 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

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 Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Asgard. The average income tax rate is 75%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

The Nidarvellir Mental Asylum Party have recently won seats in parliament, criminals rejoice in the streets as the entire police force is sent away on a training retreat, anti-government web sites are springing up, and most citizens in Nidarvellir are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nidarvellir's national animal is the Skoll, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Odinism, and its currency is the Donk.

Nidarvellir is ranked 1,676th in 10000 Islands and 96,500th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 12 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and