Location: New York

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The Chromodynamic Flavor of Gell-Mannhattan is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, ruled by Dr Murray Gellfarb with a fair hand, and renowned for its burgeoning sewer rat population. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 19.531 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Education, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roosevelt Island. The average income tax rate is 28%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

The arms industry is backed by government subsidies and harsh anti-protest laws are in place, Gell-Mannhattan has designated Roosevelt Island as its capital city, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, and Dr Murray Gellfarb has just been declared ruler of Gell-Mannhattan in an international press conference. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gell-Mannhattan's national animal is the sewer rat, and its currency is the quark.

Gell-Mannhattan is ranked 90th in New York and 67,417th 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