Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dominion of Valrem is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Cole Relander with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 6.532 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Defence receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Excelsior City. The average income tax rate is 62%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The government seizes all major gold finds, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, 1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, and wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby. Crime is totally unknown. Valrem's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the note.

Valrem is ranked 262nd in Europe and 79,879th in the world for Most Extreme, scoring 15 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and