Location: belgium

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Thirteen Hells of HC Eredivisie is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Dear Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 19.824 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, moralistic 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 Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of HC Eredivisie City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

The state has declared war on the environment and environmentalists by association, organ donation is compulsory, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and anti-environmentalist protesters are gunned down without mercy. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. HC Eredivisie's national animal is the Hctib Ettlil, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Max Barryism, and its currency is the Fwoosh.

HC Eredivisie is ranked 1st in belgium and 31st in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 32 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and