The Apostolic Collection of Third Thing is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Island Doggo population. The hard-working, devout population of 980 million Third Thingians 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 medium-sized government prioritizes Spirituality, although Administration, Defense, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Industry and Environment aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.3%.

The very strong Third Thingian economy, worth 50.5 trillion Island Talers a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 51,574 Island Talers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 153,348 per year while the poor average 13,599, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, and all government facilities are built in the subterranean citadel of Third Thing City. Crime is relatively low. Third Thing's national animal is the Island Doggo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Third Thing is ranked 107,645^th in the world and 3^rd in IxChange for Highest Food Quality, scoring 24.41 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.