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The Republic of Thorn33 |
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Category: Moralistic Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Some |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Some |
Location: Suspicious |
Regional Influence: Nipper |
The Republic of Thorn33 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, aversion to nipples, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.958 billion Thorn33ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.3%.
The frighteningly efficient Thorn33ian economy, worth 772 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,718 lire, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.
The family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and Leader lights cigars with a hundred-lira bill. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn33's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Thorn33 is ranked 37,549th in the world and 184th in Suspicious for Lowest Crime Rates, with 78.74 law-abiding acts per hour.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Thorn33's influence in Suspicious rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
- : Thorn33's influence in Suspicious rose from "Hatchling" to "Newcomer".
- : Thorn33's influence in Suspicious rose from "Unproven" to "Hatchling".
- : Thorn33's influence in Suspicious rose from "Zero" to "Unproven".
- : Thorn33 relocated from Cringe and Poggers to Suspicious.
- : Thorn33 applied to join the World Assembly.
- : The Republic of Celestial Union of Love Live dismissed Thorn33 as thorn1000 of The project of the Holy John Three.
- : Thorn33's influence in Cringe and Poggers rose from "Sprat" to "Shoeshiner".
- : Thorn33's influence in Cringe and Poggers rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
- : Thorn33's influence in Cringe and Poggers rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".