Location: Balder

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Gantha is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 850 million are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Commerce, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 34%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Pizza Delivery.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, all streets are privately owned toll roads, and all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gantha's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Ganthian Mark.

Gantha is ranked 1,665th in Balder and 72,682nd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and