Location: Capitalist Paradise

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sleeping Cats of Greybrow is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Humble One with an even hand, and renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 12.496 billion enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal individuals juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and the Environment. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Tourism industry, followed by Information Technology and Uranium Mining.

Expensive lawyers are hired to defend citizens in court for public urination charges against their pets, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, murder victims' families receive windfall payouts when the murderers are executed, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greybrow's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the none.

Greybrow is ranked 15th in Capitalist Paradise and 581st in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 13 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and