Location: The North Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Romanoffian Dynasty of Novare Res is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Czar Roman I with an even hand, and remarkable for its national health service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 16.542 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 Social Welfare, Defence, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 76%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail industries.

Legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, Czar Roman I has just been declared ruler of Novare Res in an international press conference, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Novare Res's national animal is the Double Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ruble.

Novare Res is ranked 289th in The North Pacific and 8,605th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 16 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and