The Democratic Republic of Thorn293 is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its daily referendums, unlimited-speed roads, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.11 billion Thorn293ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 63.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn293ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,154 trillion cedis a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,391 cedis, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The decision to be oppressed is now made democratically, every workday begins with group therapy, theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good, and war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn293's national animal is the condor, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Thorn293 is ranked 38,104^th in the world and 1^st in Confederacy of the Iron Cross for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 3,599.17 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.