The Queendom of Thorn73 is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, disturbing lack of elderly people, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 4.63 billion Thorn73ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 67.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn73ian economy, worth 705 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 152,479 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Leader's throne, the recently unemployed can often be seen at the local homeless shelter, hostage-takers offer loyalty scheme points for prompt payment, and schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn73's national animal is the Scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thorn73 is ranked 268,818^th in the world and 2^nd in Soviet Congress for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -9.49 on the Clooney Contribution Index.