Location: Aysling

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Blessed Monarchy of Rackenshan is a massive, safe nation, ruled by King Maximum The Mean with an even hand, and renowned for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.63 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seleucia Pieria. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

The fire protection service is wholly government-funded, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported, and houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Rackenshan's national animal is the The Falcon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Greek Mythology, and its currency is the Gold Coin.

Rackenshan is ranked 30th in Aysling and 58,845th in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 0.322 Stalins.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and