The District of Saint Thomas Market is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23.305 billion Saint Thomas Marketians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 26.6%.

The strong Saint Thomas Marketian economy, worth 481 trillion betales a year, is highly specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Average income is 20,642 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Gambling is outlawed, Rupert Bear is considered to be the most risqué TV programme in Saint Thomas Market, the word 'foreigner' is considered a highly vulgar expletive, and Saint Thomas Market has designated District City as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Saint Thomas Market's national animal is the deer.

Saint Thomas Market is ranked 190,224^th in the world and 5^th in Sao Tome for Lowest Crime Rates, with 57.56 law-abiding acts per hour.