8 Billion People! (10/31/21)

The Santa of The Greater Eastern Republic is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Eclogronio with a fair hand, and remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory military service, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.015 billion Great Eastern Republicans 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drewusalem. The average income tax rate is 39.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Greater Eastern Republican economy, worth a remarkable 2,773 trillion NationStates dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 345,997 NationStates dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police drones follow every suspected Peeping Tom, urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, and feeling like a winner comes at a price. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Greater Eastern Republic's national animal is the turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Eclogronionism.

The Greater Eastern Republic is ranked 4,517th in the world and 86th in Europe for Most Popular Tourist Destinations, with 1,572.38 tourists per hour.