Location: Exshaw

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dictatorship of Bennett federation is a huge, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 591 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaylo City. The average income tax rate is 55%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

Major archaeological findings are frequently bulldozed to make way for new buildings, city rooftops are pockmarked with the shattered remains of experimental delivery drones, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Bennett federation's national animal is the Puppy, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Jett.

Bennett federation is ranked 121st in Exshaw and 29,139th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and