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The Holy Empire of Greater Thanu is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 242 million Greater Thanuans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Greater Thanuan economy, worth 19.5 trillion Beans a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,606 Beans, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Greater Thanu, the government has legalised small-scale capitalism, the Betamax versus VHS debate continues to rage strongly in Greater Thanu, and programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Thanu's national animal is the Demogorgon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Greater Thanu is ranked 43,513^th in the world and 20^th in The Smusian Coast for Most Secular, with 30.1 Atheism Rate.