The Republic of Thorestantia is a massive, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 1.472 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 are ignored. The average income tax rate is 7.4%.

The strong Thorestantian economy, worth 79.8 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 38,240^th in the world and 42^nd in Starlight for Fattest Citizens, with 14.71 Obesity Rate.