The Dictatorship of Thorn1776 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, enslaved workforce, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 6.229 billion Thorn1776ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn1776ian economy, worth 826 trillion Dragon Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trout Farming. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 132,642 Dragon Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Organ donation is compulsory, Leader's military council has been nicknamed 'The Knights of the Rotund Table', adultery has been made a capital offence, and drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn1776's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Thorn1776 is ranked 42,729^th in the world and 385^th in Suspicious for Largest Governments, scoring 23.87 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.