Location: The Hill

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Apolytonian States of Grant Park is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Reverend Bob Dobbs with an iron fist, and notable for its hatred of cheese. Its hard-nosed, cynical population of 11.166 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Slack. The average income tax rate is 64%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, police officers have been re-kitted with designer uniforms and gold plated handcuffs, and conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors. Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grant Park's national animal is the yeti, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Church of the SubGenius, and its currency is the ningi.

Grant Park is ranked 3rd in The Hill and 95,325th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and