Location: Eastern Islands of Dharma

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Glen-Rhodes is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Sonja Katarina Balasevic with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.825 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Port. The average income tax rate is 58%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, and internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Glen-Rhodes's national animal is the Mute Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Humanism, and its currency is the Glen-Rhodes Dollar.

Glen-Rhodes is ranked 27th in Eastern Islands of Dharma and 22,771st in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 72 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and