Location: Voxia

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Republic of Hurtful Thoughts is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 13.923 billion are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The small, pro-business government concentrates mainly on Law & Order, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Information Technology and Door-to-door Insurance Sales.

People regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed, thousands of former welfare recipients are in a revolutionary uproar as the rest of society is enjoying a hefty tax break, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, and crooks and people with too many kids are being kicked out of the country. Crime is moderate, 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 2nd in Voxia and 89,922nd in the world for Best Weather, with -167 Metres of Sunlight Above Expected.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and