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“Best get yourself a gun”

The Protected Republic of Belvon is a colossal, economically powerful nation, renowned for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.601 billion are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, corrupt, 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 industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture.

The government's only official statement on the burning down of Belvon City was that 'they shouldn't have been so careless', record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been recorded, Pinkerton agents are called in to forcibly break up white collar strikes, and citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Belvon's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Quill.

Belvon is ranked 2443rd in the region and 53,257th in the world for Highest Unemployment Rates.