The Republic of Thorn2050 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.31 billion Thorn2050ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 74.8%.
The frighteningly efficient Thorn2050ian economy, worth 916 trillion francs 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. 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 145,186 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.
Pitchforks and torches are coming back into fashion, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, there's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies, and soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn2050's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.
Thorn2050 is ranked 28,821st in the world and 175th in Suspicious for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 74.76 Effective Tax Rate.
National Happenings
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Thorn2050 was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
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Thorn2050, soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers.
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Thorn2050, there's sophisticated talk of revolution within the ever-expanding mining colonies.
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Thorn2050, the family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year.
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Thorn2050, pitchforks and torches are coming back into fashion.
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Thorn2050, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products.
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Thorn2050, troops are either deafened by gunfire or a hysterical voice screaming the Party manifesto.
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Thorn2050, overly distant dads are conscripted into national nappy service.
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Thorn2050, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings".
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Thorn2050, confused drunks wake up to irate drill sergeants whipping them into shape.