The Republic of Thorn2007 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.27 billion Thorn2007ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."
The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 63.6%.
The frighteningly efficient Thorn2007ian economy, worth 859 trillion florins 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. 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 137,031 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.
Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, taxpayer money is hard at work exorcizing laundry, Thorn2007 City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, and citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn2007's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Thorn2007 is ranked 65,084th in the world and 680th in Suspicious for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 63.62 Effective Tax Rate.
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Thorn2007 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry.
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Thorn2007, citizens are constantly disappointed to find their nuisance neighbours are still alive.
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Thorn2007, Thorn2007 City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel.
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Thorn2007, taxpayer money is hard at work exorcizing laundry.
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Thorn2007, park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers.
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Thorn2007, singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age.
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Thorn2007 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Advanced Defense Forces and the Top 10% for Most Conservative.
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Thorn2007, dreams of replicator technology have been dashed following a ban on 3D printers.
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Thorn2007, pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute.
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Thorn2007, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter.