Location: the Principality of Liechtenstein

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The Empire of Spiked Leather Helmeted Kronprinzessin is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 646 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic government is effectively ruled by the Department of Law & Order, with areas such as Social Welfare and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 32%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Elections have been outlawed and bicyclists are banned from major roads. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Spiked Leather Helmeted Kronprinzessin's national animal is the Reichsadler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the ℛℳ.

Spiked Leather Helmeted Kronprinzessin is ranked 1st in the Principality of Liechtenstein and 23,651st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -10 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and