The United Kingdom of Thing 0 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.623 billion Thing 0ians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thing 0ian economy, worth 313 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,450 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The government has put a kid glove on the invisible hand of the free market, the population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame, surprising numbers of poor people are protesting against taxing the rich, and the Super-Spud Cinematic Universe is breaking box office records. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thing 0's national animal is the bison, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thing 0 is ranked 23,783^rd in the world and 6^th in Distorted Memories for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,183.1 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.