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The Commonwealth of Greylyn

“Strength in Solidarity”

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The Commonwealth of Greylyn is a gargantuan, cultured nation, notable for its soft-spoken computers, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 11.64 billion Greylynians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aros. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Greylynian economy, worth a remarkable 1,275 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 109,610 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has pinkie-promised never to use its veto power except in an emergency, tax-payers are funding ever more extravagant movie projects, the carbon tax fund gladly supplies warm blankets when the poor can't pay their heating bills, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greylyn's national animal is the sea turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Secularism.

Greylyn is ranked 11,812^th in the world and 81^st in The Leftist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 98.09 law-abiding acts per hour.

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