Population | 21.327 billion |
Capital | Thalasse City |
Leader | Leader |
Faith | Peace |
Currency | Flower |
Animal | Radioactive Butterfly |
The Eternal Misfortune of Thalasse is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and remarkable for its lack of airports, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 21.327 billion Thalasseans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thalasse City. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Thalassean economy, worth a remarkable 7,501 trillion Flowers a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 351,727 Flowers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
Sleeping on the job is recommended, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and being impolite in public is punishable by heavy fines. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thalasse's national animal is the Radioactive Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Peace.
Thalasse is ranked 4th in the world and 1st in Pencil Sharpeners Puppet Storage for Nicest Citizens, with 345.28 average smiles per day.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
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Thalasse, being impolite in public is punishable by heavy fines.
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Thalasse, birth rates have hit an all-time low.
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Thalasse, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites.
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Thalasse, sleeping on the job is recommended.
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Thalasse, giggling elementary school newspaper reporters want to know why Leader is a silly poophead.
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Thalasse, the government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters.
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Thalasse, students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas.
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Thalasse, the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop.
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Thalasse, all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers.
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Thalasse, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber.