Location: Equilism

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Imperial Domains of Vitsmunir is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Robert II with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.306 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Regalis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing industries.

Businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation’s borders, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, Sabre Tigers are becoming popular in pet stores nationwide, and Vitsmunir's leader goes out to lunch surrounded by large men in dark glasses. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vitsmunir's national animal is the Sabre Tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Vitsian Progressivism, and its currency is the Pound.

Vitsmunir is ranked 69th in Equilism and 86,257th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -19 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and