THE PARANOID REPUBLIC OF THRACE-TAILTEANN

Region:  Conservative Paradise
UN Membership:  Former Member and Delegate

UN Classification:  Conservative Democracy
Civil Rights:  Few
Economy:  Frightening
Political Freedoms:  World Benchmark

Population:  2.084 billion
Income Tax Rate:  38%, average rate
Crime Rate:  Totally unknown

Government:  Unitary constitutional democracy
Major Political Parties:
Social Democratic Party (centre left, social centrists);
Christian Democratic Party (centre right, moderately authoritarian);
Liberal Party (right, libertarian);
Green Party (left, libertarian, environmentalist);
Communist Party (far left, authoritarian);
Tailteann People�s Party (centrist, very authoritarian, Tailteann nationalist).
Other Political Parties:
New Left Alliance (far left, moderate);
Moderate Reform Party (right, authoritarian, Thrace nationalist).
Major Religious Groups:  Catholic (73%), Lutheran (11%), Muslim (10%), atheism (5%).

National Animal:  Eagle
Current Rarity:  Thriving
Currency:  Talent
National Anthem:  Radiohead�s �The National Anthem�
Capital City:  Grandnexus City (1,190 million citizens)
Other Major Cities:  Blacktooth City, Havenbury, Shearcutter City.  Each has at least 225 million citizens.

Data as at UTC 1800 2004-6-14

Detailed information...