Population | 9.374 billion |
Capital | Vitrum |
Currency | mark |
Animal | Aesculapian Snake |
The Constitutional Monarchy of Gliszth is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 9.374 billion Gliszthians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.
The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vitrum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Gliszthian economy, worth a remarkable 1,215 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 129,617 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 390,019 per year while the poor average 33,604, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.
Ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness, and Gliszthians no longer find themselves bumping into their exes at family gatherings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gliszth's national animal is the Aesculapian Snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Gliszth is ranked 52,718th in the world and 3,038th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,729.77 on the Gilded Widget Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Gliszth, Gliszthians no longer find themselves bumping into their exes at family gatherings.
- : Gliszth was reclassified from "Capitalist Paradise" to "Right-wing Utopia".
- : Gliszth was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Disposable Incomes and the Top 10% for Most Developed, Most Scientifically Advanced, Highest Wealthy Incomes, and Highest Economic Output.
- : Gliszth's influence in Lazarus rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Following new legislation in Gliszth, satellite images show safe electoral constituencies in complete darkness.
- : Gliszth was refounded in Lazarus.
- : Gliszth ceased to exist in Balder.
- : Gliszth's influence in Balder rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
- : Following new legislation in Gliszth, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government.
- : Gliszth's influence in Balder fell from "Minnow" to "Nipper".