Location: The United Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Constitutional Monarchy of Swedalia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 576 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swedalia City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26%. A healthy private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Trout Farming.

Crooks and people with too many kids are being kicked out of the country, organ donation rates have hit a new low, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, and elected officials often serve for decades in a single term. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Swedalia's national animal is the rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the dollar.

Swedalia is ranked 18th in The United Empire and 86,485th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -20 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and