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The United Socialist States of GLOMP is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, triple-decker prams, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 634 million Murekas enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant GLOMPian economy, worth 10.4 trillion Escudoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 16,369 Escudoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

No one tells their son "you're the man of the house" any more, claiming that "my cousin said it was legal" is a common courtroom defense, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, and the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GLOMP's national animal is the Gibbon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

GLOMP is ranked 54,387^th in the world and 47^th in Africa for Most Secular, with 24.55 Atheism Rate.