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The Grizzled Utopia of BearNation is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Bobby ButterPaws with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.558 billion live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, the Environment, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Bear City. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, citizens are bombarded with advertising from their compulsory miniature radios, all judiciary cases are decided in the court of public opinion, and procrastination is a national sport. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. BearNation's national animal is the cub, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the honey.

BearNation is ranked 92nd in Gay and 106,728th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 59 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and