Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Gortagass is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Brendan O'Sullivan with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed population of 1.575 billion are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defence. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Bungalow. The average income tax rate is 96%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, orphanages are closing their doors as the government forces parents to actually raise their children, the sound of wooden legs echo throughout Gortagass after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, and Max Barry is this year's Miss Gortagass. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gortagass's national animal is the Hedgehog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Catholicism, and its currency is the Euro.

Gortagass is ranked 75th in Europe and 8,689th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and