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“Hurt 'em plenty!”

The People's Republic of Hurtful Thoughts is a colossal, economically powerful nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9.803 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The small government is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Education and Healthcare are secondary priorities. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Uranium Mining.

The government is sending thousands of citizens overseas to defend a square mile of land, the government is notorious for leaving citizens with almost nothing from their inheritance, government-run brothels can be found on every street corner, and businessmen have been raging over recent 'gender equality' policies in the workplace. Crime is crippling, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Hurtful Thoughts's national animal is the dodo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the thought.

Hurtful Thoughts is ranked 1st in the region and 2,420th in the world for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry.