The Republic of Thomas Mann is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, daily referendums, and public floggings. The compassionate, devout population of 1.808 billion Thomas Mannians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.2%.

The sizeable but inefficient Thomas Mannian economy, worth 67.8 trillion baht a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 37,502 baht, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

The state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, scientists are not permitted to ask questions, holy matrimony has been wedded to an unwieldy bureaucracy, and confused drunks wake up to irate drill sergeants whipping them into shape. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thomas Mann's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thomas Mann is ranked 137,585^th in the world and 13^th in Literature for Longest Average Lifespans, with 71.05 years.