The Colony of Thorn106 is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its triple-decker prams, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.667 billion Thorn106ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 79.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn106ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,131 trillion Golds a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 130,578 Golds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 535,930 per year while the poor average 21,005, a ratio of 25.5 to 1.

Racial supremacists indulge their wildest fantasies in cinemas and theatres across the nation, high school bands practice by moonlight, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and parents are relieved they no longer need to help with their kids' algebra homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn106's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn106 is ranked 23,703^rd in the world and 1^st in International Network of Nations for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.58 law-abiding acts per hour.