Location: The Equestrian Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Realm of The Changeling Queen is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Queen Chrysalis with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.982 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

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 Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of T'rahk Enox. The average income tax rate is 85%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, Max Barry is this year's Miss The Changeling Queen, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in The Changeling Queen to be bombproof, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Changeling Queen's national animal is the Changeling, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Chrysalism, and its currency is the Morpher.

The Changeling Queen is ranked 10,963rd in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 9 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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