The Principality of Thorn18 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.105 billion Thorn18ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 64.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Thorn18ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,100 trillion Deneroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 154,930 Deneroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.
Childish pranks are no laughing matter, convicted criminals are given free limo rides to jail, hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments, and international tensions are high as Thorn18 threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn18's national animal is the Scorpion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.
Thorn18 is ranked 51,274th in the world and 185th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,454.03 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Thorn18's influence in The Plains of Perdition rose from "Minnow" to "Sprat".
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Thorn18, international tensions are high as Thorn18 threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens.
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Thorn18, hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments.
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Thorn18, convicted criminals are given free limo rides to jail.
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Thorn18, childish pranks are no laughing matter.
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Thorn18, parents dread their examinations more than their children.
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Thorn18's influence in The Plains of Perdition rose from "Nipper" to "Minnow".
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Thorn18's influence in The Plains of Perdition rose from "Newcomer" to "Nipper".
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Thorn18's influence in The Plains of Perdition rose from "Zero" to "Newcomer".
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Thorn18 relocated from Freedom United to The Plains of Perdition.