Location: The Great Kingdom of Prussia

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The Rex Anglorum of Nationalist State of Knox is a massive, economically powerful nation, ruled by King Knox with an iron fist, and notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.838 billion are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knoxopolis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Retail.

A typical fast food menu item could serve a small army, university graduates and new home-owners toil in labour camps to work off their debts, hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Nationalist State of Knox's many privately-owned prisons, and all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Nationalist State of Knox's national animal is the Spaniel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is Knoxism, and its currency is the Knoxus.

Nationalist State of Knox is ranked 7th in The Great Kingdom of Prussia and 17,266th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 27 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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