Location: European Union

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of The Frostian Isle is a massive, genial nation, notable for its parental licensing program. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 1.569 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

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, the Environment, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Korbenheim. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 94%. A large private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

The sound of wooden legs echo throughout The Frostian Isle after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, nude art is becoming wildly popular, postmen have been arrested in job lots for selling junk mail as home insulation, and military funding has been stripped back. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Frostian Isle's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Agnostic, and its currency is the Frostian Krone.

The Frostian Isle is ranked 113th in European Union and 99,727th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -39 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and