Location: Second Galactic Republic

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Great Trantor is a massive, economically powerful nation, notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.039 billion are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. The average income tax rate is 21%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Great Trantor successfully hosted the Second Galactic Republic Olympics, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is well under control, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Great Trantor's national animal is the snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the imperial solid.

Great Trantor is ranked 137th in Second Galactic Republic and 24,490th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 2 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and