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The United Socialist States of Ostvan |
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
Category: Psychotic Dictatorship | ||
Civil Rights: Outlawed |
Economy: Developing |
Political Freedoms: Outlawed |
Location: the Rejected Realms |
Regional Influence: Hatchling |
The United Socialist States of Ostvan is a huge, safe nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, public floggings, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 593 million Ostvanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The sizeable but underdeveloped Ostvanian economy, worth 21.1 trillion Debits 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, 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 35,583 Debits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The industries of Ostvan are coughing all the way to the bank, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories', teen parties are often ruined by wet blanket chaperones, and printing out government documents requires the approval of at least three admins. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ostvan's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.
Ostvan is ranked 341,672nd in the world and 4,903rd in the Rejected Realms for Smartest Citizens, with 0.83 quips per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Ostvan's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
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Ostvan's influence in The Rejected Realms rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
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lost the endorsement of
Ostvan.
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Ostvan relocated from Anistan Regional Council to The Rejected Realms.
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Ostvan was ejected from Anistan Regional Council by
The Federation of Nordan.
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Ostvan was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector.
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Ostvan, printing out government documents requires the approval of at least three admins.
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Ostvan, teen parties are often ruined by wet blanket chaperones.
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Ostvan, the nation's orphanages and maternity wards have been nicknamed 'the Killbot Factories'.
- : Following new legislation in
Ostvan, the industries of Ostvan are coughing all the way to the bank.