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 anti-smoking policies. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 8.495 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal 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 59%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, and the people are famous throughout the region for their bleached-white teeth. 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 49th in Eastern Islands of Dharma and 90,004th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and