The Colony of Thorn22 is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, public floggings, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.217 billion Thorn22ians 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, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 72.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn22ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,620 trillion Golds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 158,588 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

The easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, one does not simply walk into the tundra, panels from bankrupt rooftop solar companies are used as props for sci-fi B-movies, and CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn22's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thorn22 is ranked 313,016^th in the world and 5^th in The Vraukethian Dominion for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -29 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.