Location: The Black Hawks

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The Black Hawk Sergeant of Mallorea is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 821 million 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."

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 14%. A large private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Book Publishing and Basket Weaving.

Criminals are executed and their property seized, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, and vegetarianism is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Mallorea's national animal is the Beluga, and its currency is the Mark.

Mallorea is ranked 29th in The Black Hawks and 12,766th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -7 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and