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| − | flag=http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/roach-busters.jpg |
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| − | region=[[Midwest]] |
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| − | motto="Who ya gonna call!? Roach-Busters!!!" |
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| − | map=[http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/Roach-Busters/Minnesota.gif] |
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| − | language= [[English]] (official), Thai (official), Farsi (official), Tagalog (spoken by a sizable minority) |
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| − | population=2,500,000,000|
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| − | capital=RB City|
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| − | currency=RB Dollar|
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| − | leader=Generalissimo [[J.L.]]
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| − | The Minnesotan Confederacy of Roach-Busters (formerly the state of [[Wikipedia:Minnesota|Minnesota]]) is run by an [[Wikipedia:Authoritarianism|authoritarian]], [[Wikipedia:Far-right|extreme right-wing]], [[Wikipedia:Plutocracy|plutocratic]] [[Wikipedia:Military dictatorship|military regime]] that wields absolute control over almost every aspect of its citizens' lives. However, its economic policies are extremely [[Wikipedia:Libertarianism|libertarian]] and are among the most [[Wikipedia:Capitalism|laissez faire]] in the world. [[Wikipedia:Minimum wage|Minimum wage laws]], [[Wikipedia:Social welfare|social welfare]], [[Wikipedia:Corporate welfare|corporate welfare]], [[Wikipedia:Tariff|tariffs]], [[Wikipedia:Regulation|business regulations]], [[Wikipedia:Antitrust|antitrust laws]], et. al. do not exist in RB. Because the people of RB are endowed with a strong work ethic reminiscent of the Puritans, few people are below the poverty line, as most Roach-Busterians work quite hard to support themselves and their families. The vast majority of those who are impoverished are only poor because they refuse to work, and they are shunned by society.
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| − | Like [[Wikipedia:Apartheid|apartheid South Africa]], Roach-Busters is strongly segregated, though people are separated on the basis of political views rather than race. Speaking of race, RB abhors racism (all extremist racialist and racist parties and organizations, whether black, white, or Asian, etc., are outlawed), although it is allied with the [[Communist Mississippi|Mississippian Federation]] due to their shared opposition to [[Wikipedia:Communism|communism]]. In RB, [[Wikipedia:Socialism|social democrats]], communists, [[Wikipedia:Anarchy|anarchists]], [[Wikipedia:Fascism|fascists]], [[Wikipedia:Nazism|Nazis]], and other "undesirables" are confined to [[Wikipedia:Bantustan|bantustan-esque]] '[[Wikipedia:Homeland|homelands]]' where they are forced to live in disease-ridden shantytowns and slave away in factories all day producing armaments for the government. 25 feet tall concrete walls topped with poison-coated razor wire surround each homeland, along with untold thousands of land mines, SAM sites, and guard posts. The secret police force, pervasive in all of Roach-Busters, is especially prevalent in the homelands.
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| − | RB holds elections (voting is compulsory for those 20 and older), though only government-approved candidates can run for office, and the country's ruler, [[J.L.|Generalissimo J.L.]], may expel from Congress any politician who is not to his liking. He can also rule by decree or change the constitution at will. However, RB has a confederal government, so local communities and counties have a relatively high degree of autonomy.
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| − | Though RB has no official religion, the government attempts in many laws to legislate morality. [[Wikipedia:Pornography|Pornography]], [[Wikipedia:Abortion|abortion]], [[Wikipedia:Birth control|birth control pills]], [[Wikipedia:Sex toy|sex toys]], [[Wikipedia:Drug|drugs]] (except for prescription drugs), [[Wikipedia:Distilled beverage|alcohol]], [[Wikipedia:Adultery|adultery]], [[Wikipedia:Incest|incest]], [[Wikipedia:Bestialty|bestialty]], and [[Wikipedia:Pedophilia|pedophilia]] are all illegal and violators of these laws are severely punished. Most religions are tolerated and their adherent's rights vehemently protected, but some religions, such as [[Wikipedia:Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witnesses]], [[Wikipedia:Church of Christ, Scientist|Christian Science]], [[Wikipedia:Mormonism|Mormonism]], [[Wikipedia:Wicca|Wicca]], [[Wikipedia:Satanism|satanism]], and [[Wikipedia:Scientology|scientology]] are illegal. Scientologists in particular are subject to harassment and persecution, with the government's tacit approval.
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| − | Though initally an [[Wikipedia:Isolationism|isolationist state]], RB eventually played an enormous role in world affairs. RB military aid was crucial in helping President John Holtz of [[Holy Paradise]] achieve a military victory during that country's civil war, and RB also played a key role in protecting other conservative and [[Wikipedia:Anti-communism|anti-communist]] states. Generalissimo J.L. is openly hostile to all leftist nations, and will allow no communist countries to establish embassies in RB, or even to trade with RB. He openly and covertly supports anti-communist nations, guerrillas, organizations, etc. around the world. RB's closest ally by far is [[Parthia]].
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| − | RB also has a rather extensive worldwide empire, and controls [[Wikipedia:Wisconsin|Wisconsin]], [[Wikipedia:Michigan|Michigan]], [[Wikipedia:Iowa|Iowa]], [[Wikipedia:North Dakota|North Dakota]], and [[Wikipedia:South Dakota|South Dakota]] of the former [[Wikipedia: United States of America|U.S.A.]], and [[Wikipedia:Thailand|Thailand]], [[Wikipedia:Philippines|the Philippines]], [[Wikipedia:Myanmar|Burma]], [[Wikipedia:Malaysia|Malaysia]], and [[Wikipedia:East Timor|East Timor]] in [[Wikipedia:Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]].
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