Location: Renatia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Socialist States of Hecksingburg is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Frendrickov Genrukyev with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, cynical population of 3.788 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Federalia City. The average income tax rate is 91%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Gambling industry.

Most citizens in Hecksingburg are abject pyrophobes after extremely graphic pamphlets were mailed nationwide by the government, toddlers are wielding machine guns in the name of national defense, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hecksingburg's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Federalianism, and its currency is the Rubble.

Hecksingburg is ranked 16th in Renatia and 93,629th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and