The Federal Republic of Thesterfall is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Marlon with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 10.79 billion Thesterfallians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Libertown. The average income tax rate is 2.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Thesterfallian economy, worth a remarkable 2,766 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 256,406 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Student athletes gaze forlornly at abandoned snakeball fields, the government has certified several glow-in-the-dark athletes as drug free, the government has outlawed extremist parties, and nothing is as sacred as fermented soybean paste. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Thesterfall's national animal is the snake, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Thesterfall is ranked 6,525^th in the world and 148^th in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 138 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.