Location: the West Pacific

Overview • Factbook • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Benjamin Mark is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Shedrica Morrisette with an even hand, and renowned for its happy-go-lucky citizens. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 2.368 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Commerce, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carson Village. The average income tax rate is 92%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

Popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", the fire protection service is wholly government-funded, Benjamin Mark successfully hosted the the West Pacific Olympics, and new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Benjamin Mark to be bombproof. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Benjamin Mark's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Dollar.

Benjamin Mark is ranked 162nd in the West Pacific and 6,808th in the world for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 81 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and