Location: Warzone Asia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Gentlemen Soldier of Fortune of WaffenBrightonburg is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Colonel BB with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 14.498 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Fort. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, universities are populated by the spawn of the upper classes, and mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. WaffenBrightonburg's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is The Cult of Al Bundyism, and its currency is the Puppet Payment To OBI.

WaffenBrightonburg is ranked 1st in Warzone Asia and 2,674th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring 25 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and