The Republic of Thorn38 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, daily referendums, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.97 billion Thorn38ians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 78.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn38ian economy, worth 700 trillion Euros 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 140,933 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn38's national animal is the Lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thorn38 is ranked 142,491^st in the world and 3,937^th in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 982.21 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.