The Empire of Thornidor is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by James Griffin with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.404 billion Thornidorians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thornidor City. The average income tax rate is 84.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thornidorian economy, worth 239 trillion Tolids a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,460 Tolids, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, dining out often involves Wyverns on the plate no matter what you order, children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers, and a vast monorail network carries people all over the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thornidor's national animal is the Wyvern, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thornidor is ranked 50,615^th in the world and 37^th in The Eternal Order for Most Patriotic, with 27.23 flags saluted per person per day.