Spotlight on:
The State of Grenadier Guards |
“Highlanders to the end”
Category: New York Times Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Average |
Economy: Strong |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Location: Ancient Lands |
Regional Influence: Page |
The State of Grenadier Guards is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, state-planned economy, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 41.005 billion Grenadier Guardsians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. The average income tax rate is 28.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.
The strong Grenadier Guardsian economy, worth a remarkable 2,126 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 51,860 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The government confiscates candy from babies for 'the greater good' of the nation, Grenadier Guards recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, giant beards and handlebar moustaches are increasingly popular, and noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grenadier Guards's national animal is the deer.
Grenadier Guards is ranked 114,560th in the world and 159th in Ancient Lands for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 79.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Grenadier Guards was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Valuable International Artwork and Highest Economic Output and the Top 10% for Most World Assembly Endorsements.
- : Grenadier Guards's influence in Ancient Lands fell from "Squire" to "Page".
- : Grenadier Guards's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Grenadier Guards's influence in Ancient Lands fell from "Squire" to "Page".
- : Grenadier Guards's influence in Ancient Lands rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Grenadier Guards's influence in Ancient Lands fell from "Squire" to "Page".
- : Grenadier Guards was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Dead and the Top 5% for Most Survivors.
- : Grenadier Guards was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Survivors.
- : Grenadier Guards was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Zombies and Most Zombified.
- : Grenadier Guards lodged a message on the Ancient Lands Regional Message Board.