Hellenic Socialist States

The Hellenic Socialist Sates is a large, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 257 million Hellenics are kept under strict control by the government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP.

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens. The average income tax rate is 30.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Hellenic economy, worth 25.2 trillion Drachma a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from forestry, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,643 Drachma, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The Hellenic Socialist States has designated Athens as its capital city, and government officials are held to the highest standard of morality. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Hellenic national animal is the Byzantine Eagle, which can occasionally be seen flying near Athens.