Location: Alliance of Socialist States

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Bastard of Godsgrace is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 9.38 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass -- juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Pizza Delivery and Beef-Based Agriculture.

Gambling addicts regularly lose their families' nest eggs at Native Godsgraceite casinos, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape, and same-sex marriages are increasingly common. Crime is well under control. Godsgrace's national animal is the sandsnake, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the grace.

Godsgrace is ranked 9th in Alliance of Socialist States and 82,333rd in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and