Location: Eagleland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Land of Arlen Hill is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hank Hill with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.256 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tom Landry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 52%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Information Technology and Gambling.

Photographers have to apply for a license to photograph Hank Hill, teenagers are sent to jail for being out too late, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Arlen Hill's radio stations, and cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arlen Hill's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the texan.

Arlen Hill is ranked 3rd in Eagleland and 85,092nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and