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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 9,990thSafest: 10,385thLargest Publishing Industry: 22,777th
The Republic of
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Twirling Toward Freedom
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Thorn451

Population3.239 billion

Currencydollar
Animaltiger

The Republic of Thorn451 is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and daily referendums. The compassionate, devout population of 3.239 billion Thorn451ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 62.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Thorn451ian economy, worth 306 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 94,681 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges, the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia, and dreams of replicator technology have been dashed following a ban on 3D printers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn451's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn451 is ranked 35,790th in the world and 141st in Suspicious for Nicest Citizens, with 18.66 average smiles per day.

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Highest Workforce Participation Rate: 9,990thSafest: 10,385thTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 22,777thMost Pacifist: 24,651stHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 25,948thMost Compassionate Citizens: 27,911th
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Safest: 7th in the regionHighest Workforce Participation Rate: 22nd in the regionTop
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Largest Publishing Industry: 45th in the regionMost Influential: 73rd in the regionMost Cultured: 109th in the regionMost Pacifist: 115th in the regionMost Compassionate Citizens: 116th in the regionNicest Citizens: 141st in the regionLargest Retail Industry: 145th in the regionMost Stationary: 174th in the regionTop
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Smartest Citizens: 250th in the regionHighest Food Quality: 331st in the regionHighest Foreign Aid Spending: 338th in the regionHighest Unexpected Death Rate: 352nd in the regionMost Popular Tourist Destinations: 352nd in the region

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, dreams of replicator technology have been dashed following a ban on 3D printers.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, the nation has always been at war with Bigtopia.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, citizens with artificial limbs are forbidden to serve as beauty pageant judges.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, a referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, copies of the constitution are used as toilet paper.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, high school bands practice by moonlight.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, euthanasia is legal.
  • : Following new legislation in Thorn451, adulthood begins with the creation of an email account.

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