Location: belgium

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Startling Empire of Riemstagrad is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Farao Rambert IV with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.597 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Riemstagradgrad. Income tax is unheard of. 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.

Citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Riemstagrad. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Riemstagrad's national animal is the agapornis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Heavy Metal, and its currency is the dinar.

Riemstagrad is ranked 6th in belgium and 1,109th in the world for Best Weather, with 244 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and