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The United Kingdom of Thorn19

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The United Kingdom of Thorn19 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its closed borders, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.51 billion Thorn19ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn19ian economy, worth 791 trillion Latinums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 143,672 Latinums, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, Thorn19ian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, and 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn19's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn19 is ranked 273,147^th in the world and 6,436^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Food Quality, scoring 6.61 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.

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