Location: Osiris

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Kingdom of Hoffen is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dimitri Presnyakov with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.999 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

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, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hoffenheim. The average income tax rate is 82%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Tourism industry.

The art of conversation has been rediscovered, the government has declared its commitment to multilateralism, condemned prisoners spend hours a day sitting in lotus position looking perplexed, and all guns must be registered. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hoffen's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Christianity, and its currency is the Mark.

Hoffen is ranked 2,656th in Osiris and 96,198th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and