Location: Kyzikos

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Republic of Grabtharr is a colossal, economically powerful nation, remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 5.131 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.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Protector City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Gambling industries.

Citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, leather-clad individuals can be seen walking their slaves in public parks, the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, and all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grabtharr's national animal is the warvan rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the hammer.

Grabtharr is ranked 291st in Kyzikos and 99,781st in the world for Largest Public Sector, scoring 7 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and