Location: the South Pacific

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Theorin is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Jo with a fair hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 1.518 billion love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Social Equality. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mindoir. The average income tax rate is 98%. A healthy private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, and the government tries to improve relations with hostile countries by sending gift baskets. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Theorin's national animal is the Dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Crystal.

Theorin is ranked 4,689th in the South Pacific and 99,435th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -37 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and