Location: Balder

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The Unified States of Winter Brault is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by High Council Regulator Freeman with a fair hand, and notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 5.035 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Welfare and the Environment are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Origin. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Divorce lawyers are found begging on the streets, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, skateparks can be found in every city, and most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Winter Brault's national animal is the Braultian Sphere Jellyfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Ounce.

Winter Brault is ranked 2,166th in Balder and 89,823rd in the world for Most Authoritarian, with 0.105 Stalins.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and