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Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Borg collective of Tresmius is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by the Borg Queen with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12.242 billion are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unicomplex 2. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 61%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Information Technology and Automobile Manufacturing.

Abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, the nation's diplomatic missives are now delivered via sniper rifle, tourists outnumber citizens two to one, and the state has declared war on the environment and environmentalists by association. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tresmius's national animal is the Humanoid, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is perfection, and its currency is the prospective assimilation target.

Tresmius is ranked 2nd in Star Trek and 1,031st in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 40 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and