NationStates | The Kingdom of Bothia

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“The Spice must Flow!”

Category: Capitalist Paradise
Civil Rights: Very Good	Economy: Frightening	Political Freedoms: Very Good

Regional Influence: Minnow

Location: The North Pacific

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The Kingdom of Bothia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Muad'Dib with an even hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 1.812 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arrakeen. The average income tax rate is 79%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, smoking is banned in public areas, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons', and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bothia's national animal is the Seaworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Spice Melange.

Bothia is ranked 61st in The North Pacific and 2,235th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 8 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

Top 10% of the world for Largest Agricultural Sector Top 5% of The North Pacific for Largest Agricultural Sector Top 10% of the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens Top 5% of the world for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector Top 10% of The North Pacific for Most Average Top 1% of The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry Top 5% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry Top 5% of The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector Top 5% of the world for Most Cultured Top 5% of the world for Fastest-Growing Economies Top 5% of the world for Lowest Unemployment Rates Top 1% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements Top 5% of the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector Top 10% of the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry Top 5% of The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry Top 10% of The North Pacific for Most Godforsaken Top 10% of the world for Most Dedicated Public Healthcare Top 10% of the world for Healthiest Citizens Top 5% of the world for Most Influential Top 5% of the world for Largest Insurance Industry Top 5% of The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates Top 5% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates Top 10% of the world for Largest Manufacturing Sector Top 10% of The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector Top 10% of the world for Most Pro-Market Top 5% of the world for Most Rebellious Youth Top 5% of the world for Largest Retail Industry Top 5% of The North Pacific for Rudest Citizens Top 5% of the world for Rudest Citizens Top 5% of the world for Safest Top 10% of the world for Smartest Citizens

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity: 13 hours ago

11 hours ago: Bothia was reclassified from "Inoffensive Centrist Democracy" to "Capitalist Paradise".
11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants.
11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons'.
1 day 11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, smoking is banned in public areas.
1 day 11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys.
2 days 11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras.
2 days 11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, all-natural foods are becoming a major fad.
3 days 11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, voting is compulsory.
3 days 11 hours ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers.
4 days ago: Following new legislation in Bothia, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings.

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World Assembly

Endorsements Received: 32 (Yaorozu, Grosseschnauzer, Sohviet, Blackshear41, SWACURH, Frenulumnia, Moany Old Gits, Leeste, Novare Res, Enif, Selfgradatude, Denarian Knight, Pasargad, Blue Wolf II, Hattori, Zemnaya Svoboda, Namyeknom, Eumbner, Whereisthatistan, Seomis, Far Away, South Deseret, The Kingdom of McMasterdonia, Former English Colony, Ashleende, Great Bights Mum, Humbalazik, Spikester, Abstain, Kannedom, Haor Chall, Isteria)