Location: The Heartland

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The United Kingdom of Grays Harbor is a gargantuan, devout nation, ruled by King Stephen VI with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 17.74 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, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Social Equality and the Environment receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aberdeen. The average income tax rate is 99%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, and military spending is on the increase. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grays Harbor's national animal is the Harbour Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, its national religion is Harberian Catholic, and its currency is the Crown.

Grays Harbor is ranked 3rd in The Heartland and 1,115th in the world for Most Influential, scoring 130 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and