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The Federated Socialist Republic of Bonifatus is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Nina Ivanovna Novikov with an iron fist, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.482 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Religion & Spirituality, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Moscow. The average income tax rate is 27%, but much higher for the wealthy. A very small private sector is dominated by the Pizza Delivery industry.

A nation-wide cull of Workers is in effect, speaking out against the government is punishable by flogging, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Bonifatus's national animal is the Worker, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Dictator Worishp, and its currency is the Voucher .

Bonifatus is ranked 1st in The League of Independent Nations and 3,929th in the world for Stupidest Citizens, scoring 15 on the Average Edu-UNtellignce® Test Score.

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