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 prisons. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 17.219 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.

Calling out of the blue has become taboo, public nudity is compulsory, muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, and Bostopia is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. 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 99,640th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -7 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and