Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederation of Benahoare is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Francis X Shoemaker with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed population of 3.476 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Equality and Healthcare are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novo Xanadu. The average income tax rate is 94%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Book Publishing and Gambling.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, people are now classified as male, female, or genderqueer, and guns are banned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Benahoare's national animal is the Macaronesian Lizard, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the Acorn.

Benahoare is ranked 237th in Europe and 65,385th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 0 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and