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The Republic of Thing 3 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, enslaved workforce, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.551 billion Thing 3ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Industry, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.2%.

The all-consuming Thing 3ian economy, worth 313 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,327 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.1 times as much as the poorest.

Interest in globalism never flags, bris parties are all the rage, gun regulations are so strict even staple guns and hot glue guns are illegal, and nation-building is the new national pastime. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thing 3's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thing 3 is ranked 134,664^th in the world and 20^th in Distorted Memories for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 79.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.