The Borderlands of Theia Thead is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.752 billion Theia Theadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thead Town. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Theia Theadian economy, worth 740 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 84,586 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fair-weather fans talk during plays while die-hard theatre enthusiasts stay at home, lifelong celibates are surprised to receive government-issue condoms in the post, the World Borderlands Games have been won again by Theia Thead as no other country cares enough to compete, and saying "don't do anything that Leader wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Theia Thead's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Theia Thead is ranked 2,795^th in the world and 6^th in Karma for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,582.28 on the Clooney Contribution Index.