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“Honor Fidelitatis Praemium”

The Confederate States of Bostopia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Prime Minister Alan Sentor with an iron fist, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 12.477 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Boston. The average income tax rate is 54%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Automobile Manufacturing.

The armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, Bostopia's leader goes out to lunch surrounded by large men in dark glasses, the government is reining in public spending, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Bostopia's national animal is the Geesemonkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Bostopian Pound.

Bostopia is ranked 1st in the region and 875th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.