Nation/Erlensee

The Federal Republic of Erlensee is a massive, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.173 billion Erlenseeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu-Erlensee. The average income tax rate is 7.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Erlenseean economy, worth 153 trillion Erlenseer Frankens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 131,127 Erlenseer Frankens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government strictly regulates whale harvest quotas, 9 out of 10 consumers think that vitamins can cure cancer, the government is funding experimental battery technology while the power grid continues to crumble, and intellectual snobbery has the cognoscenti sneering at anyone who doesn't have an opinion on the semiological drift of Umberto Eco's works. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Erlensee's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Erlensee is ranked 9,624th in the world and 159th in the Rejected Realms for Nudest, with 218.25 Cheeks Per Square Mile.