Location: Unified Realm

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Democratic Imperium of Greater Ithera is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.436 billion enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Defence, although Commerce and Law & Order are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Imperial City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing industries.

Minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, the nation has recently been attributed to the funding of terrorist organisations, the government has enacted freedom of information, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Ithera's national animal is the Harpy Eagle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Imperial Credit.

Greater Ithera is ranked 4th in Unified Realm and 82,179th in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -29 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and