Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Beer Snob Nation of Dogfish Head 90 Minute is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Divine Midas with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.783 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

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 Law & Order, with areas such as Social Equality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palo Santo. The average income tax rate is 73%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

People reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight, Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, citizens must pay to enjoy Dogfish Head 90 Minute's pristine beaches, and politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dogfish Head 90 Minute's national animal is the hop, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is the beer gods, and its currency is the abv.

Dogfish Head 90 Minute is ranked 222nd in Europe and 50,786th 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