Location: Nederland

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The Weyland Corporation of Heinekenbier is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Dear Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 21.926 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 Heinekenbier City. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry.

Long arduous trials are held for the most trivial of offences, every citizen must submit to DNA testing to be eliminated from police inquiries, corporate executives continue to enjoy generous tax benefits while the public suffers from the loss of government aid money, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Heinekenbier's national animal is the oxygen molecule, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Dear Leaders' Cult, and its currency is the bottle cap.

Heinekenbier is ranked 3rd in Nederland and 711th in the world for Stupidest Citizens, scoring 18 on the Average Edu-UNtellignce® Test Score.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and