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The Slands Atland of Greater Thistand

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The Slands Atland of Greater Thistand is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.851 billion Thistandese 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 tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.4%.

The Thistandese economy, worth 382 trillion Ç⁄s 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, 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 65,335 Ç⁄s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 188,866 per year while the poor average 17,924, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

The giant 80-storey carving of Leader in Mount Rushless can be seen from space, games of cops and robbers typically end in at least one fatal shooting, police wait behind troop deployments in order to shoot deserters, and the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Greater Thistand's national animal is the North Sand Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Greater Thistand is ranked 83,724^th in the world and 2,041^st in the Rejected Realms for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,623.77 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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