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The United States of Boston Mass is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Bradford Anderson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 7.347 billion Boston Massians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Frannington. The average income tax rate is 49.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Boston Massian economy, worth a remarkable 1,744 trillion Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 237,405 Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Decreased demand for toilets is saving the prison service a lot of money, billions of Marks are being blown on orbital weapons development, charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial, and schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Boston Mass's national animal is the Turkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Science.

Boston Mass is ranked 19,840^th in the world and 1,494^th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 8,390.62 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.