The Most Serene Republic of Thiney Mon is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.274 billion Thiney Monians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 68.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thiney Monian economy, worth 188 trillion kopeks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 148,321 kopeks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

We all come from the sea, nobody expected the fruit inquisition, all footpaths have tollbooths, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Thiney Mon's national animal is the raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Thiney Mon is ranked 79,245^th in the world and 342^nd in Concord for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,639.69 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.