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Most Primitive: 3,097thLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 16,984thMost Cultured: 18,844th
The Kingdom of
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Culture, Homeland, Liberty
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Heskvia

Population1.324 billion

CapitalFênix

CurrencyHesv
AnimalArctic fox

The Kingdom of Heskvia is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, complete lack of prisons, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.324 billion Heskvians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fênix. The average income tax rate is 63.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Heskvian economy, worth 78.4 trillion Hesvs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Retail, Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 59,207 Hesvs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Heskvians incessantly needle their doctors for relief, conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, shaking a stone out of your shoe is considered to be dangerously risqué, and citizens ask "how many crooks could a nunchuck hook if a nun had nunchucks too?". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Heskvia's national animal is the Arctic fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Heskvia is ranked 77,114th in the world and 3,418th in Balder for Safest, scoring 92.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.

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Most Primitive: 3,097thTop
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Largest Basket Weaving Sector: 16,984thMost Cultured: 18,844thMost Income Equality: 22,744thLargest Retail Industry: 27,329th
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Most Primitive: 143rd in the regionTop
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Most Income Equality: 783rd in the regionLargest Basket Weaving Sector: 871st in the regionHighest Drug Use: 872nd in the regionMost Cultured: 1,029th in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Heskvia was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Primitive.
  • : Heskvia's influence in Balder rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
  • : Heskvia's influence in Balder rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
  • : Heskvia voted against the World Assembly Resolution "On International Foolish Behavior".
  • : Heskvia altered its national flag.
  • : Heskvia was admitted to the World Assembly.
  • : Heskvia applied to join the World Assembly.
  • : Following new legislation in Heskvia, citizens ask "how many crooks could a nunchuck hook if a nun had nunchucks too?".
  • : Following new legislation in Heskvia, shaking a stone out of your shoe is considered to be dangerously risqué.
  • : Following new legislation in Heskvia, conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors.

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