The Republic of Bentenia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 500 million Bentenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Branislav. The average income tax rate is 83.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Bentenian economy, worth 38.3 trillion Bentoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 76,520 Bentoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

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Bentenia is ranked 298,990^th in the world and 440^th in Federation Of Sovereign States for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.41 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.