Nation/Kabalina

The Federal Republic of Kabalina is a Federal Parliamentary Constitutional Republic in Northern Europe. As an island in the North Sea, Kabalina borders no other nations, but is located tightly between the United Kingdom and the Scandinavian Peninsula. Kabalina covers an area of 89,751 square kilometers, and has a population of about 20.1 million and a moderate population density of 243 persons per square kilometer. A solid majority of the population lives in the country’s many urban areas. The climate is largely mild and temperate, and a great many freshwater rivers make up 8 percent of Kabalina’s total area. The geography of Kabalina is full of striking contrasts, with a dense forested area forming a border between the plains of the south and mountains of the far north.

Today, Kabalina is a parliamentary democracy. Legislative power is vested in the 200-member unicameral Parliament. Executive power is exercised by the heads of State and Government, the Prime Minister and Executive Minister. Kabalina is made up of 9 states (Stater), though the relationship between the states and the federal government is almost more unitary than federal in practice. Its capital and seat of government is Amalia, and the largest city by population is Haven. Unlike most of its European neighbors, Kabalina is not a member of the European Union, nor is it a member of the Eurozone or the Schengen Zone, though special travel and trade agreements exist between the country and the EU. It is, however, a member of the United Nations, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the Council of Europe, and enjoys many bilateral agreements with the European Union. Kabalina is not, nor has it ever been, a member of NATO or any other military organization, having remained effectively neutral since its inception in 1867.

Kabalina is a very highly developed country with an advanced, high income economy, and a high standard of living. The country also ranks among the most peaceful in the world according to the Global Peace Index, and achieves strong performance in democratic governance. Despite its Free Market Economy, the environmentally-stunning nation maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and cost-free tertiary education for all its citizens. It has some of the world’s highest per capita income and ranks quite highly in all metrics of national performance, including quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, equality, prosperity and human development. This success of this system is evidenced by Kabalina’s consistently high rankings in cross-national studies of happiness, even though the country has one of the highest total personal tax burdens in the world.

Like other northern European countries, Kabalina has a long legacy of political, social, and cultural progressivism, having long maintained strong civil and political liberties for all of its people. Kabalinian social thought and culture are amongst the most progressive in the world.