Nation/Thembria SSR

The Is This Symmetrical Enough of Thembria SSR is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Demon Goddess Ifurita with an iron fist, and notable for its triple-decker prams, free-roaming dinosaurs, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.107 billion Wing Nibblers 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Environment also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moskau. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Thembria SSRian economy, worth a remarkable 2,849 trillion Steams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 351,457 Steams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Concussed Snow Duckball players cannot remember their lineup position, thalassophobia and heliophobia are on the rise, the government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights, and the military has forsaken terrestrial warfare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thembria SSR's national animal is the Snow Duck, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is the Apotheosis of Demon Goddess Ifurita.