Location: Johnified States of America

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The Superpower of The Phoenix Milita is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 18.892 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Religion & Spirituality and Social Equality receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phoenix. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Beef-Based Agriculture.

Army rations are served on silver platters, the government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, The Phoenix Milita has designated Phoenix as its capital city, and gun ownership is compulsory. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Phoenix Milita's national animal is the red fox, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the shell casing.

The Phoenix Milita is ranked 1st in Johnified States of America and 5,528th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 5 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and