Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Lawless Wastelands of Belvon is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 10.378 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business individuals devotes most of its attentions to Law & Order, with areas such as Social Equality and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing industries.

Most governmental positions are filled by zealous nationalists, houses and businesses are bulldozed to make way for ever-expanding cemeteries, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belvon's national animal is the mutated self-aware can of Spam, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is none of your business, and its currency is the sexual favor.

Belvon is ranked 3,711th in Lazarus and 101,192nd in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring -31 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and