Location: Minyang

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Liaoist Federation of Stoklomolvi is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Vladimir Stuyonovich with an even hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed population of 10.976 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vladistov. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Beef-Based Agriculture and Uranium Mining.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools, the government has become increasingly militant, and euthanasia is legal. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Stoklomolvi's national animal is the South China tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the stoklomov.

Stoklomolvi is ranked 1st in Minyang and 80th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 68 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and