The Republic of Thorestantia is a massive, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 1.478 billion Thorestantians 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 tiny government prioritizes Defense, with Welfare, Education, and Spirituality also on the agenda, while Law & Order and International Aid receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 7.4%.

The strong Thorestantian economy, worth 80.1 trillion kronor a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Average income is 54,213 kronor, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Those who sing the national anthem off-key have the key thrown away, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and colonial subjects have Thorestantian culture shoved down their throats. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Thorestantia's national animal is the porpoise, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Thorestantia is ranked 188,930^th in the world and 380^th in Starlight for Most Developed, scoring 53.01 on the Human Development Index.