The State of Thalade is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 31.904 billion Thaladeans are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The strong Thaladean economy, worth a remarkable 1,294 trillion betales a year, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 40,585 betales, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Fur coats have become the latest fashion trend, Thalade has designated Westminster as its capital city, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Thalade in an international press conference. Crime is moderate. Thalade's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Thalade is ranked 106,591^st in the world and 16^th in Coffee Shop for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,587.25 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.