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The Republic of Thorn549 |
“God, Homeland, Liberty”
Category: Iron Fist Consumerists | ||
Civil Rights: Few |
Economy: Thriving |
Political Freedoms: Unheard Of |
Location: Suspicious |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner |
The Republic of Thorn549 is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, enslaved workforce, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 3.216 billion Thorn549ians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.5%.
The thriving Thorn549ian economy, worth 222 trillion guilders a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,061 guilders, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 366,101 per year while the poor average 6,894, a ratio of 53.1 to 1.
Kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, cobras with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, museums offer moralization or your money back, and kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn549's national animal is the cobra.
Thorn549 is ranked 99,552nd in the world and 1,112th in Suspicious for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 49.5 Effective Tax Rate.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Thorn549, kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn549, museums offer moralization or your money back.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn549, cobras with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn549, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn549, all screens are equal but some are more equal than others.
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Thorn549 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides and Highest Wealthy Incomes.
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Thorn549, a serf by any other name works just as hard.
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Thorn549 was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Iron Fist Consumerists".
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn549, the police strictly enforce off-limit zones for tourists.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn549, corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation.