The Democratic Metropolitan of Federal Republic of Therinia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Marcral Creal Vinecrods with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 759 million Therinians 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 Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Slueatiania. The average income tax rate is 43.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Therinian economy, worth 105 trillion Therinian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 139,421 Therinian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Marcral Creal Vinecrods shrugs in the face of growing inequalities, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, Marcral Creal Vinecrods has just been declared ruler of Federal Republic of Therinia in an international press conference, and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Therinians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Federal Republic of Therinia's national animal is the Therinian Gray-head eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Federal Republic of Therinia is ranked 74,565^th in the world and 53^rd in Kantrias for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 3,253.34 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.