User:The Ancient Republic of the Thunder

The Republic of The Ancient Republic of the Thunder is a massive, devout nation, ruled by Albert Shuttlesworth with an iron fist, and remarkable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.396 billion The Ancient Republics of the Thunderian are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Commerce. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aperture Labrotories. The average income tax rate is 72%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, followed by Automobile Manufacturing and Gambling.

Citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, the government struggles to keep up with the endless list of petrol disasters, and the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Ancient Republic of the Thunder's national animal is the Stormtrooper, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, its national religion is The satan worshipers, and its currency is the twinkie.