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The Dictatorship of Bestcountryever is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Bestleaderever with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.074 billion are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bestcityever. The average income tax rate is 88%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Soda Sales industries.

Cremation is compulsory for the deceased, daily newspapers are permitted to run only pro-government stories, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bestcountryever's national animal is the ant, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the dollar.

Bestcountryever is ranked 5th in Outpost Uber Alles and 28,313th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 19 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and