Grasseria

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**Grasseria**, officially the **Republic of Grasseria**, is a nation primarily located on Nexus Island and is a main nation of the first Power Of Older Nations game. The seventh-largest city in the world by land and total area, Grasseria consists of 16 largely-sized districts, and has control over four major overseas unincorporated territories. It shares land borders with Nexus City to its west and has the Grasserian Ocean to its east. It has maritime borders with Bogania and a few other nations. With a population of over 9 million, it is the second-most populous city on Nexus Island behind Nexus City, and the seventh-most populous on the planet.

Grasseria was established in late 18XX, and was mainly a corrupt democracy during its early years.Industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th centuries led to rapid economic development.

The Grasserian government is a constitutional republic with three separate branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial; this governmental structure is designed to maintain a system of checks and balances among the branches. It has a bicameral national legislature composed of the House of Representatives, a lower house based on population; and the Senate, an upper house based on equal representation for each district. Many policy issues are centralized at a state or local level, with the same laws in each district. However, they must conform with and are subordinate to the Constitution. Grasserians generally value high freedom, and limited government.

Grasseria ranks as the planet's third-most developed nation in terms of economy and international rankings, behind Nexus City and Westhaven. It has the third-highest median income per capita and possesses the third-largest amount of wealth of any nation. The Grasserian economy accounts for over a quarter of global GDP and is the largest nominally. It ranks among the highest in the world in the international measures of human development, income, wealth, economic competitiveness, productivity, innovation, and education. Grasseria is a founding member of the National Union, the Solar Bank, the Interstellar Monetary Fund, the Organization of Nexan States, SSTO and GHO and is a permanent member of the National Union Security Council. It is one of the world's only nuclear-weapon states.

## Etymology

The first evidence of the phrase "Grasseria" dates back to the late 1800s.

## Government

### Foreign Relations

Grasseria has an established structure of foreign relations, and it had the world's third-largest diplomatic corps in 2028. It is a permanent member of the National Union Security Council, and home to the National Union headquarters. Grasseria is a member of the G5, and EC intergovernmental organizations. Alot of countries have embassies and some have consulates (official representatives) in the nation. Likewise, most nations host formal diplomatic missions with Grasseria, except many underdeveloped villages on continents very far away. Grasseria is regularly supplied with military equipment by Nexus City, in order to deter potential Anglotonian aggression that may arise from any Anglotonian groups who survived the atomic bombing of Angloton in the 2000s.

Grasseria has a "Special Relationship" with Nexus City and also has good relations with Westhaven, Johnston, Bogania, and several other nations. Grasseria works closely with its SSTO allies on military and national security issues, and with nations in Nexus Island through the Organization of Nexan States and the Nexus City–Grasseria–Westhaven Free Trade Agreement. Nexus City is traditionally considered to be the closest ally of Grasseria. Grasseria exercises some international defense authority and responsibility for many overseas colonies. It has increasingly conducted strategic cooperation with other nations, and its ties with Angloton have significantly deteriorated. Since 2028, the Derzovla Collective has become a key enemy of Grasseria.

### Military

The President is the commander-in-chief of the Grasserian Armed Forces and appoints its leaders, the secretary of defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Department of Defense, which is headquartered near the Parliament Building, administers the five service branches, which are the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force.

Grasseria spent $27 billion on its military in 2028. Grasseria has 8% of the planet's nuclear weapons.

### Law Enforcement

There are about 200 police departments and 10 police agencies in Grasseria. Law in Grasseria is mainly enforced by police departments in their city jurisdictions. City district courts conduct most civil and criminal trials, and the city court handles designated crimes and appeals of city district court decisions.

As of January 2028, Grasseria has the fourth highest per-capita incarceration rate in the world, at 519 people per 100,000; and the largest prison and jail population in the world with almost 49,700 people incarcerated. An analysis of the Global Health Organization Mortality Database from 2040 showed Grasserian homicide rates "were 5 times higher than in other high-income countries, driven by a firearm homicide rate that was only 1.25 times higher."

## Economy

Grasseria has been the world's second-largest economy nominally since about 1990. The Grasserian gross domestic product (GDP) of $16 trillion is the second-largest in the world, constituting over 5% of gross world product at purchasing power parity (PPP). The nation ranks first by GDP (PPP).

Of the world's 500 largest companies, 76 are headquartered in Grasseria. The Grasserian dollar is the second-most used currency in international transactions and is the solar system's foremost reserve currency, backed by the nation's dominant economy, its military, the petrodollar system, and its large treasuries market. Only 3 countries use it as their official currency. It has free trade agreements with several countries. Grasseria ranked third in the Global Competitiveness Report in 2019, after Bogania and Nexus City. While its economy has reached a post-industrial level of development, Grasseria remains an industrial power. As of 2021, Grasseria is the largest manufacturing nation.