The Free Land of Thixiara is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.833 billion Thixiarans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Thixiaran economy, worth 327 trillion Debels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is 85,511 Debels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Thixiara Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, Max Barry is this year's Miss Thixiara, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thixiara's national animal is the Mole, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thixiara is ranked 6,794^th in the world and 7^th in Autropolis for Safest, scoring 126.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.