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“Grey can be great!”

The Republic of Greylessness is a huge, economically powerful nation, ruled by Greyham the Almighty with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 892 million are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greylessness City. The average income tax rate is 75%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Gambling industry, followed by Tourism and Pizza Delivery.

Drunk drivers are sentenced to death, teenage fathers are forced to join the army, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greylessness's national animal is the greyhound, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the grey.

Greylessness is ranked 52nd in the region and 12,468th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.