Location: Equilism

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Royal Kingdom of GMTA is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 11.386 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, the Environment, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capitalum Royalum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67%. A very small private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, senior citizens can usually be found doing heavy manual labour, parents live in fear of governmental 'child protection' squads, and GMTA has designated Capitalum Royalum as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GMTA's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the tarisa.

GMTA is ranked 89th in Equilism and 98,715th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and