Location: The Bostopian Empire

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Confederate States of Bostopia is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Emperor Boston with an iron fist, and renowned for its complete lack of public education. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 16.562 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent 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 Fort Boston. The average income tax rate is 36%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Automobile Manufacturing.

Public nudity is compulsory, nude art is becoming wildly popular, Geesemonkeys are becoming popular in pet stores nationwide, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Bostopia's national animal is the Geesemonkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Bostopian Pound.

Bostopia is ranked 2nd in The Bostopian Empire and 64,114th in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 34 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and