The Republic of Thorn2043 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.635 billion Thorn2043ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 77.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn2043ian economy, worth 610 trillion rupees 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. 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 131,620 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national mascot has to be wheeled onto the field of play, it's not only teenagers who mess around with fake IDs, asking 'a penny for your thoughts?' draws law enforcement response, and military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn2043's national animal is the cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn2043 is ranked 161,026^th in the world and 4,563^rd in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 463.4 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.