The Kingdom of Thelmoar is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its feral children, compulsory military service, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 1.416 billion Thelmoarians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Thelmoarian economy, worth 205 trillion Marks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 144,896 Marks, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,316,667 per year while the poor average 1,831, a ratio of 718 to 1.

Looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing, agricultural employees work for peanuts, and the new prison system is crowding up at an alarming rate. Crime is a major problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Thelmoar's national animal is the Vulture, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thelmoar is ranked 1,183^rd in the world and 10^th in the Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 318.24 on the Bus Surprisal Index.