Location: Antarctica

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The Trenchant Order of The Voltarum is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Xerco Longbottom with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 20.675 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ohm. The average income tax rate is 100%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Uranium Mining.

The poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, and the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Voltarum's national animal is the electric sloth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the volt.

The Voltarum is ranked 1st in Antarctica and 265th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 292 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and