The Allied States of Thorn129 is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, public floggings, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.708 billion Thorn129ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 39.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn129ian economy, worth 999 trillion Golds a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 114,776 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign nationals are widely distrusted, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, typing Leader's name into a search engine always gives zero matches, and the government snoops on private internet connections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn129's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn129 is ranked 222,322^nd in the world and 7^th in Astoria but Spiders for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -6 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.