Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Ecletic Ornamentation of Deco Grandeur is a massive, genial nation, ruled by the Chairman of the Comissar's Board with a fair hand, and notable for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.749 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Education, although the Environment and Social Equality are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Durkheimopolis. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, religious education is a new government priority, children are raised bilingual from an early age, and a government program is underway to revitalize Deco Grandeur's beaches. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Deco Grandeur's national animal is the stallion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Spiritual Humanism, and its currency is the credit.

Deco Grandeur is ranked 2,691st in Balder and 101,071st 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