Nation/Blyskalia
The Lord Chancellorship of Blyskalia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Chancellor Joshua Blyskal with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.785 billion Blyskalians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Defence and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Leo. The average income tax rate is 88%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Information Technology and Book Publishing.
Commercial jingles have been ham-handedly forced into world renowned symphonies, artists are pillars of society, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, and morning coffees are no longer the same since the disappearance of newspapers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blyskalia's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, its national religion is Roman Catholicism, and its currency is the Kilo.
