I think it is a lowkey contender for most cartoonishly evil and corrupt US state, beating out even Texas, Florida and Delaware. And it gets away with all of this by being so small it can fly under most people’s radars.

Same game with a lot of the northwestern states - Idaho, Wyoming, Montana - which have become little more than corporate fiefs. The small population and large land area make them easy to control. These states have the modern equivalent of Company Towns.