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Most Stationary: 184thLargest Populations: 865thMost Influential: 6,170th
The Thermocracy of
Tyranny by Majority
...so take off all your clothes.
Influence
Dominator
Governor
Region
Civil Rights
Few
Economy
Struggling
Political Freedom
Superb

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Thermostat

Population44.78 billion

Currencyhot flash
Animalhot dog

The Thermocracy of Thermostat is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 44.78 billion Thermostatians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Thermostatian economy, worth 682 trillion hot flashes 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 Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 15,250 hot flashes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is avowedly atheist. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thermostat's national animal is the hot dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thermostat is ranked 184th in the world and 1st in Mercury for Most Stationary, with 6,943.66222272 days.

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Most Stationary: 184thLargest Populations: 865thTop
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Most Influential: 6,170thTop
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Most Income Equality: 16,674thMost World Assembly Endorsements: 24,448th

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  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Least Corrupt Governments.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 5% of the world for Most Survivors.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Largest Black Market.
  • : Thermostat was ranked in the Top 10% of the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements.

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