The Confederacy of Thaloris is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 1.187 billion Thalorians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Thaloris City. The average income tax rate is 26.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Thalorisian economy, worth 92.2 trillion Euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 77,709 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, infantry are nicknamed "mushrooms" because they get fed crap and are left in the dark, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, and the banshee wail foretells skies of death. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Thaloris's national animal is the Jaguar, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thaloris is ranked 40,744^th in the world and 197^th in Concord for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,313.49 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.