Category: New York Times Democracy | ||
Civil Rights: Excellent |
Economy: Frightening |
Political Freedoms: Superb |
Regional Influence: Shoeshiner
Location: The North Pacific
Population | 13.391 billion |
Capital | Zirotler |
Leader | Ebeziah Muji |
Faith | Nine Divines |
Currency | Gekan |
Animal | Totar |
The Lore of Thneedtown is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ebeziah Muji with a fair hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 13.391 billion Thneedans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.
The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zirotler. The average income tax rate is 84.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.
The frighteningly efficient Thneed economy, worth a remarkable 1,512 trillion Gekans a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,949 Gekans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
One does not simply walk into the tundra, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, there's no such thing as bad publicity, and where there's a will there is usually a password manager. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thneedtown's national animal is the Totar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nine Divines.
Thneedtown is ranked 4,477th in the world and 254th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 95.27 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.
National Happenings
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
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Thneedtown, where there's a will there is usually a password manager.
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Thneedtown, there's no such thing as bad publicity.
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Subsidized Industry and the Top 10% for Most Advanced Law Enforcement.
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Smartest Citizens.
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Lowest Crime Rates.
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Thneedtown's influence in The North Pacific rose from "Zero" to "Shoeshiner".
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Thneedtown was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Smartest Citizens and the Top 10% for Most Scientifically Advanced.