The Commonwealth of These is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.664 billion Theseans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 66.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Thesean economy, worth 728 trillion words a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 128,607 words, with the richest citizens earning 6.8 times as much as the poorest.

Roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Theseans like vultures, citizens are encouraged to show displeasure with politicians by poking them with sharp metal sticks, and society and government have been organized according to a feudal hierarchy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. These's national animal is the ant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

These is ranked 25,216^th in the world and 88^th in Willow Farm for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,288.03 on the Gilded Widget Scale.