Location: Maredoratica

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Federal Republic of The Wolf Hold is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Consul Fell with an iron fist, and remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.069 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Syzran. The average income tax rate is 70%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Wolf is one of the most popular forenames in The Wolf Hold, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in The Wolf Hold to be bombproof, the nation's first space rocket -- sponsored by Pepsi and shaped like an enormous soda bottle -- is being developed, and abortions are routinely performed in The Wolf Hold's hospitals. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Wolf Hold's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is the Vox Divina, and its currency is the Aurum.

The Wolf Hold is ranked 9th in Maredoratica and 4,480th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and