The People's Republic of Thorn169 is a mammoth, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.55 billion Thorn169ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn169ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,035 trillion Latinums a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,085 Latinums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry, the news is showing footage of Leader bullying an old man to the point of tears, odysseying merchant sailors swear that they've heard sirens in the western seas, and immigrants who don't like the taste of Thorn169ian Turnip Chips are immediately deported. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn169's national animal is the Python, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn169 is ranked 274,113^th in the world and 5^th in A Rather Large Puddle for Smartest Citizens, with 18.28 quips per hour.