Location: 10000 Islands

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Armed Libertarian State of Grungerock is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its national health service. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 9.254 billion hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Independencia. The average income tax rate is 70%, and even higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

All footpaths have tollbooths, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime is totally unknown. Grungerock's national animal is the Eyeoftha Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Qhord.

Grungerock is ranked 1,814th in 10000 Islands and 92,826th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

Preview

NationStates by Max Barry, author of and