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The Oppressed Peoples of Grassside is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.191 billion Grasssideans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Grasssidean economy, worth 178 trillion Baht a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 149,885 Baht, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 515,986 per year while the poor average 31,899, a ratio of 16.2 to 1.

Soldiers find that home gadgets and power tools are more effective as improvised weapons than the guns they've been issued, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, chemical burn victims tan their scars summering at luxury beach resorts with huge cash settlements, and the smell of tobacco is often smelt around legislative buildings across the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grassside's national animal is the Horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Grassside is ranked 25,907^th in the world and 4^th in Organization of Mediterranean States for Highest Average Incomes, with 149,885.43 Standard Monetary Units.