Location: Eastern Islands of Dharma

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Commonwealth of Glen-Rhodes is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sonja Katarina Balasevic with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 7.868 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent 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.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, the government seizes private property for the 'good of the people', museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, and internet service is too costly for normal people to purchase. 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 16th in Eastern Islands of Dharma and 11,477th in the world for Best Weather, with 34 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and