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The Dictatorship of Kingladn

The Dictatorship of Kingladn was created in May 2005 for the NationStates game.

NationStates entry as of 6 June 2005

UN Category: Psychotic Dictatorship

Civil Rights: Few, Economy: Reasonable, Political Freedoms: Outlawed

Location: United Republics of the World

The Dictatorship of Kingladn is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 83 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 53%, and even higher for the wealthy. A large private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

The government snoops on private internet connections, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, school uniforms are compulsory, and a crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Kingladn's national animal is the anaconda, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Kingladn dollar.

Kingladn National Song

Loch Lomond

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae, On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.

O ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak’ the low road, And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye. But me and my true love will never meet again, On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.

‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen, On the steep, steep side o’ Ben Lomond. Where in deep purple hue, the hieland hills we view, And the moon comin’ out in the gloamin’.

O ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak’ the low road, And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye. But me and my true love will never meet again, On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.

The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring, And in sunshine the waters are sleeping: But the broken heart, it kens nae second spring again, Tho’ the waefu’ may cease from their greeting.

O ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak’ the low road, And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye. But me and my true love will never meet again, On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.

Kaiser Charles I

Born on July 1, 1959 in the highlands of Kingladn, Charles Wilhelm is the oldest of five children to Robert and Valarie Wilhelm.

Charles graduated from Prarie High School in the spring of 1978. Right after high school, he married eighteen year-old Carri Blazynski of Kingladn City. Charles attended the University of Kingladn City from 1978-1982. Also in 1982, he and his wife had a son which they named Charles Jr. Charles then began his political career. He was elected to the lower house of Kingladn Parliament in a special election in 1988. After serving six years, Charles ran for the upper house of the Parliament in 1994 and won. He served there for six years, and managed to capture his party's nomination for president in 2000. After convincing Kingladn that President Johnston, the incumbent, was wrecking the nation, Charles won by a landslide in November.

His first term was filled with conservative reform of the government, slashed taxes, and increased military spending. When reelection rolled around in 2004, President Wilhelm won by a landslide larger than four years prior. Confident the nation wanted him president, Wilhelm temporarily abolished Parliament and Kingladn's Supreme Court. After a special election in which supporters of President Wilhelm were "elected," he reinstated Parliament and appointed pro-monarchy judges to sit on the Supreme Court's benches. President Wilhelm then announced he had appointed himself Kaiser of Kingladn, the first monarch since 1795.

Kaiser Charles rules Kingladn fairly, but oppressively. But, somehow, he retains an 87% approval rating (according to external sources). Charles often appoints Parliament members and is known to kick Supreme Court judges off the bench after 6 months. So far, the longest lasting judge on the Kingladn Supreme Court was Judge Luke Reinke, serving almost a year and a half, being executed for voting against a pro-monarchy legislation on trial before the Supreme Court. It was a 4-1 vote.

The kaiser is married to Queen Carri and has three children; Crown Prince Charles II (heir apparent), Prince John, and Prince Alex. They live in the Royal Palace in Kingladn City overlooking the River Vhil.

Advisors of Charles I

See [1] for an always up-to-date information page on the nation of Kingladn.