The Wastelands of Nothreen is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Godfather with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 19.373 billion Nothreenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Efyuberg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nothreeny economy, worth an astonishing 11,644 trillion goldeens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 601,046 goldeens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,606,020 per year while the poor average 5,707, a ratio of 982 to 1.

What citizens give with one hand they take away with the other, Nothreeny-made cars tend to catch fire in people's driveways, tensions between the young and old have risen to record levels, and shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nothreen's national animal is the Cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Knockism.

Nothreen is ranked 8^th in the world and 1^st in the South Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 99.4 Obesity Rate.