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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Fortress State of Bretton is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Chancellor Donner with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 19.404 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 devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brettonia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology industries.

The nation has recently been attributed to the funding of terrorist organisations, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, believers must practice religion behind church doors lest the government smite them with a mighty fine, and agricultural science is the most competitive subject at Bretton's universities. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Bretton's national animal is the golden eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is atheism, and its currency is the jion.

Bretton is ranked 14th in Haven and 95,157th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -803 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and