Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Belenkia is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.22 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are secondary priorities. The average income tax rate is 90%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

The government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, a niche industry catering to S&M enthusiasts has sprung up, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Belenkia to be bombproof. Crime is totally unknown. Belenkia's national animal is the Raccoon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Coon.

Belenkia is ranked 4,139th in the South Pacific and 84,220th 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