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The Republic of Thorn49

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The Republic of Thorn49 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, avowedly heterosexual populace, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.431 billion Thorn49ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn49ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,096 trillion Euros 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, 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 170,511 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Police are arresting costumed characters at comic book conventions, it is now illegal for teens to view any sites except Club Kitten and My Little Donkey, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Thorn49 City Times is sold out, and elderly prisoners with severe dementia are reminded hourly that they are evil people by helpful nurse-wardens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn49's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thorn49 is ranked 154,461^st in the world and 1,906^th in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,177.87 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.

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