Location: The Wonderous Region of J112

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dictatorship of E105 is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 583 million are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Forman's desk. The average income tax rate is 76%, and even higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Tourism.

Female newsreaders distract the nation by breastfeeding during broadcast, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", E105's famous countrysides are shrouded by wind farms, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. E105's national animal is the crow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the GEM.

E105 is ranked 3rd in The Wonderous Region of J112 and 31,198th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and