The Grand Duchy of Gunkis is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 180 million Gunkisians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 17.7%.
The Gunkisian economy, worth 8.09 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,962 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.
The tenet of free speech is held dear, genetic researchers have been expelled, surveillance cameras are banned, and the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli. Crime is moderate. Gunkis's national animal is the cobra.
Gunkis is ranked 156,893rd in the world and 4,617th in Suspicious for Most Beautiful Environments, with 510.56 pounds of wildlife per square mile.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Gunkis's influence in Suspicious rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Gunkis's influence in Suspicious rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Gunkis applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Gunkis relocated from The Infinite Army to Suspicious.
- : Gunkis's influence in The Infinite Army rose from "Page" to "Squire".
- : Gunkis was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most Primitive.
- : Gunkis's influence in The Infinite Army rose from "Shoeshiner" to "Page".
- : Gunkis applied to join the World Assembly.
- : Gunkis's influence in The Infinite Army rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Gunkis relocated from Suspicious to The Infinite Army.
