Location: Atlantian Oceania

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The Blessed Realm of Bettia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Hanabi Brooks with an even hand, and renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate population of 18.005 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although the Environment and Religion & Spirituality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gabalfa. The average income tax rate is 74%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Organ donation is compulsory, theoretical science is only theoretical, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, and government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bettia's national animal is the Arora, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Islam, and its currency is the Groat.

Bettia is ranked 1st in Atlantian Oceania and 500th in the world for Healthiest Citizens, with 23 Standard Bananas Ingested per capita per day.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and