The United States of Thorn143 is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.538 billion Thorn143ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 84.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn143ian economy, worth 368 trillion Deneroes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 104,236 Deneroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thorn143ian Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock, prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, adult magazines are having a sales resurgence as internet anonymity disappears, and the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn143's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Thorn143 is ranked 218,907^th in the world and 12^th in Thedas for Most Primitive, scoring -95.4 on the Scary Big Number Scale.