Location: Texas

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The Benevolent Monocracy of Bolczienkasvenschalov is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Grand Duchess Katerina with an iron fist, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 15.588 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Religion & Spirituality are on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

Bloodthirsty zealots regularly participate in the Friday Night Stoning of Adulterers, strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins, fast food restaurants everywhere are under the control of a gigantic government corporation, and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Bolczienkasvenschalov's national animal is the Svensboar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Orthodoxy, and its currency is the Bolcza.

Bolczienkasvenschalov is ranked 31st in Texas and 13,380th in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 18 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and