The IN CONTROL of Bloc Patriots is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 2.009 billion Bloc Patriotsians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 37.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Bloc Patriotsian economy, worth 18.3 trillion blocs 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. 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 9,106 blocs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bloc Patriots's national animal is the bloc.

Bloc Patriots is ranked 194,198^th in the world and 12^th in Red Front for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 766.43 on the Hickory Productivity Index.