Location: Texas

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The Republic of Makem is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by Tommy Makem with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.69 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals concentrates mainly on Defence, although Religion & Spirituality and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beaumont. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports industries.

Hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Makem's many privately-owned prisons, bloodthirsty zealots regularly participate in the Friday Night Stoning of Adulterers, Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused, and sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes. Crime is crippling. Makem's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Free Market.

Makem is ranked 151st in Texas and 122,936th in the world for Most Income Equality, scoring 29 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and