Population | 4.409 billion |
Currency | franc |
Animal | elephant |
The Republic of Thorn239 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, ritual sacrifices, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.409 billion Thorn239ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.
The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Thorn239ian economy, worth 587 trillion francs a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 133,265 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.
Extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Thorn239 is often a lifetime appointment, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, job satisfaction is a luxury many Thorn239ians can't afford, and guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn239's national animal is the elephant.
Thorn239 is ranked 198,242nd in the world and 3,635th in Suspicious for Most Average, scoring 33 on the Average Standardized Normality Scale.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Thorn239 was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Poor Incomes.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, job satisfaction is a luxury many Thorn239ians can't afford.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements.
- : Thorn239 was reclassified from "Moralistic Democracy" to "Authoritarian Democracy".
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Thorn239 is often a lifetime appointment.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, masterpieces by male artists are on display in the dumpsters behind the gallery.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, out-of-work actors say they can't complain.
- : Following new legislation in Thorn239, judicial robes are the country's hottest fashion trend.