Location: Capitol Alliance

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Disputed Territories of Rhakor is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Chief Minister Paavali Adnn with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.802 billion enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although the Environment and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rhakor City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Tourism industries.

The 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, surveillance cameras are banned, wealthy students ride to school past mendicant dropouts, and employers may fire workers without giving any reason. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem. Rhakor's national animal is the frilled lizard, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Kanror.

Rhakor is ranked 9th in Capitol Alliance and 52,551st in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 2 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and