Location: the Greater German Reich

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Dominion of Nationalist State of Knox is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 499 million are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Knoxopolis. The average income tax rate is 49%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the internet has been placed under government control, hairdressers are among those who have disappeared overnight, and many working fathers have never seen their children. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Nationalist State of Knox's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Knox.

Nationalist State of Knox is ranked 39th in the Greater German Reich and 12,427th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and