Spotlight on:
The Republic of Great Shades |
“Stepping forward to a bright future”
Category: Left-Leaning College State | ||
Civil Rights: Superb |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Very Good |
Location: The Southern Ridges |
Regional Influence: Superpower |
The Republic of Great Shades is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Kevin Tinderburg with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.523 billion Great Shadesians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.
The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pacific Center. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Great Shadesian economy, worth 642 trillion Shades Francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 182,355 Shades Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, parents are shocked to find out that having kids costs money, the nation is wading into dangerous waters, and truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news. Crime is totally unknown. Great Shades's national animal is the Blue Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Great Shades is ranked 114,876th in the world and 2nd in The Southern Ridges for Most Stationary, with 333.72397391652 days.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in Great Shades, truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news.
- : Great Shades was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Retail Industry and the Top 5% for Most Cultured.
- : Great Shades was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Cultured.
- : Great Shades was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Largest Retail Industry.
- : Following new legislation in Great Shades, the nation is wading into dangerous waters.
- : Following new legislation in Great Shades, parents are shocked to find out that having kids costs money.
- : Following new legislation in Great Shades, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets.
- : Following new legislation in Great Shades, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms.
- : Following new legislation in Great Shades, claiming that "my cousin said it was legal" is a common courtroom defense.
- : Great Shades voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Repeal "Liberate Magna Aurea"".
World Assembly
Endorsements Received: None.