The Incorporated States of Thorn297 is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.146 billion Thorn297ians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 88.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn297ian economy, worth 359 trillion leks 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, Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 114,164 leks, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

A referendum must be held in order for any new law to be passed, broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, and six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn297's national animal is the springbok, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn297 is ranked 139,743^rd in the world and 3,856^th in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,078.94 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.