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The State of Grimshader

“State”

Category: Authoritarian Democracy
Civil Rights:
Few
Economy:
Basket Case
Political Freedoms:
Excellent

Regional Influence: Envoy

Location: North Dakota

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Grimshader

Population17.431 billion

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The State of Grimshader is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 17.431 billion Grimshaderians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 68.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Grimshaderian economy, worth 216 trillion betales 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, broadly diversified black market in Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 12,405 betales, 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. Grimshader's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grimshader is ranked 95,063rd in the world and 9th in North Dakota for Most Stationary, with 476.7019171328 days.

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Largest Populations: 20,785th

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