Location: Realm of Unrestricted Science

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Starkindler is a massive, safe nation, ruled by HM Eva Evenstar with an iron fist, and renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.952 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

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 Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Omicron-Theta VII. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Tourism.

Employers may fire workers without giving any reason, euthanasia is legal, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and the government has taken a 'sort it out yourselves' approach to fighting malaria. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Starkindler's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Atheism, and its currency is the Nationstates Dollar.

Starkindler is ranked 60th in Realm of Unrestricted Science and 98,208th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -32 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and