The Wastelands of Nothreen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Godfather with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 15.828 billion Nothreenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Efyuberg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nothreeny economy, worth a remarkable 8,392 trillion goldeens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 530,244 goldeens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,945,570 per year while the poor average 5,036, a ratio of 982 to 1.

A recent "genocide prevention" campaign includes murdering children based on their DNA, personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability, regional governors use national law books as toilet paper, and towns that stop turning a profit are turned into animal sanctuaries. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nothreen's national animal is the Cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Knockism.

Nothreen is ranked 334,308^th in the world and 4,981^st in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring -45.39 on the Societal Mobility Rating.