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The Federal Republic of Bellcon

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The Federal Republic of Bellcon is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Jack Roberts with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, frequent executions, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 5.64 billion Bellconians 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.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Surrell. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bellconian economy, worth 881 trillion Bellconian bells a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 156,267 Bellconian bells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Jack Roberts's power is effectively nullified as no bill becomes law without the upper house's support, the only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, and engine room hooch is the drink of choice among the nation's navy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bellcon's national animal is the Bellconian Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bellconian Orthodoxy.

Bellcon is ranked 272,399^th in the world and 11,530^th in Lazarus for Most Extreme, scoring 7.45 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.

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