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The Holy Empire of Boquen is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its devotion to social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.613 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Law & Order receiving almost no funds by comparison. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Trout Farming.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low. Boquen's national animal is the Snake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Florin.

Boquen is ranked 9th in Urbanites and 73,198th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and