Location: The Internationale

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Gymanwlad Sofietaidd Igoaidd of Beth Gellert is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 19.786 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although Social Equality and Defence are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Portmeirion. The average income tax rate is 100%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and torture is illegal. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Beth Gellert's national animal is the kan-gel, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the gwarthegion.

Beth Gellert is ranked 190th in The Internationale and 100,986th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and