Location: Capitalist Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Hoytmus is a massive, safe nation, ruled by William Hoyt with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.863 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Defence, although Law & Order and Education are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Williamsburg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 48%. A robust private sector is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Only vaccinated citizens may have free healthcare, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, foreigners are treated with great suspicion, and the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hoytmus's national animal is the Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is a major religion, and its currency is the Dollar.

Hoytmus is ranked 155th in Capitalist Paradise and 12,411th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and