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The State of Henry Bell

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The State of Henry Bell is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 22.811 billion Henry Bellians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Douglas Heights. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Henry Bellian economy, worth 426 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Automobile Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 18,681 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

High-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, elections have been outlawed, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and Henry Bell has designated Douglas Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Henry Bell's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Henry Bell is ranked 93,177^th in the world and 1^st in Djibouti City for Lowest Crime Rates, with 66.74 law-abiding acts per hour.

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