Location: Mordor

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Grand Duchy of Vladisvok Destino is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Dreadlord Destino with an iron fist, and notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.715 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 juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cocytus. The average income tax rate is 53%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Woodchip Exports.

School uniforms are compulsory, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, and people regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Vladisvok Destino's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is AbbehSphereism, and its currency is the Soul.

Vladisvok Destino is ranked 154th in Mordor and 22,182nd in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 3 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and