Location: Lazarus

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Gargantuan Galactic Empire of Gonorrhesia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Space Invaders with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 5.742 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 concentrates mainly on Education, although Law & Order and Healthcare are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moderately Doomed Megalopolis. The average income tax rate is 56%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Creepozoids are considered a delicacy, the nation's industries are scrambling to switch to biodegradable plastics, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gonorrhesia's national animal is the creepozoid, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the love-and-cookies.

Gonorrhesia is ranked 2,147th in Lazarus and 71,977th in the world for Best Weather, with -17 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and