Location: Somewhere Out There

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The Dark Designs of Alien Space Bats is a colossal, devout nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.115 billion enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The enormous, liberal, pro-business government concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Defence and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Gambling.

Bicyclists are banned from major roads, the police force is on a recruitment drive, Alien Space Bats's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and all recreational drugs are legal. Crime is a major problem. Alien Space Bats's national animal is the Deus Ex Machina, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Jonbar Hinge.

Alien Space Bats is ranked 3rd in Somewhere Out There and 6,829th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 51 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and