The Republic of Thernoper is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.286 billion Thernoperians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.8%.

The very strong Thernoperian economy, worth 119 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Book Publishing. Average income is 52,064 Dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 201,667 per year while the poor average 9,213, a ratio of 21.9 to 1.

Tumbleweed drifts through the nation's shopping centres during the weekends, the Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish, residents of ageing concrete tower blocks have vital renovation work stopped by Brutalism enthusiasts, and country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Thernoper's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thernoper is ranked 76,005^th in the world and 24^th in United Nations UN for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 3,401.98 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.