The Principality of Thorn202 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.125 billion Thorn202ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.5%.
The frighteningly efficient Thorn202ian economy, worth 638 trillion Deneroes a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,506 Deneroes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 363,732 per year while the poor average 33,655, a ratio of 10.8 to 1.
Human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named", marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, and citizens must pay to enjoy Thorn202's pristine beaches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn202's national animal is the Cow, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.
Thorn202 is ranked 336,903rd in the world and 4,229th in Suspicious for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -12.45 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Thorn202, citizens must pay to enjoy Thorn202's pristine beaches.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, kids refer to anything below the neck as "the parts that shall not be named".
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, they unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop).
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, enemy governments seem especially interested in Thorn202's election cycle.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, Leader's perky ego is the talk of the town.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words'.
- : Following new legislation in
Thorn202, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere.