by Max Barry

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Most Income Equality: 71stMost Authoritarian: 2,357thLargest Populations: 3,643rd
The State of
Psychotic Dictatorship Communist Dictatorship
Not here
Influence
Contender
Civil Rights
Unheard Of
Economy
Imploded
Political Freedom
Outlawed

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Blue Thorn

Population31.715 billion

CapitalCapital Heights

Currencybetale
Animaldeer

The State of Blue Thorn is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 31.715 billion Blue Thornians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. The average income tax rate is 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Blue Thornian economy, worth 110 trillion betales 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 slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Soda Sales, 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 3,473 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers are sent to jail for being out too late, suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence, a major religion has been named as Blue Thorn's national religion, and Blue Thorn has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blue Thorn's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Blue Thorn is ranked 16,378th in the world and 2nd in Western Sahara for Most Stationary, with 1,741.24080921628 days.

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Most Income Equality: 71stMost Authoritarian: 2,357thTop
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Largest Populations: 3,643rdMost Ignorant Citizens: 8,003rdMost Conservative: 12,476thTop
10%
Most Stationary: 16,378thMost Extreme: 22,407thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 24,096th

National Happenings

Most Recent Government Activity:

  • : Blue Thorn's influence in Western Sahara rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".
  • : Blue Thorn's influence in Western Sahara fell from "Contender" to "Negotiator".
  • : Blue Thorn's influence in Western Sahara rose from "Negotiator" to "Contender".
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Highest Average Tax Rates.
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Most Authoritarian.
  • : Blue Thorn was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.

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