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“Live free or die”

The Island of GLIII is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hal Jordan with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 7.349 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 90%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby, military funding has been stripped back, and a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is pervasive, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. GLIII's national animal is the hawk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the coin.

GLIII is ranked 1st in the region and 46,895th in the world for Largest Publishing Industry.