The Democratic States of Thorn77 is a mammoth, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 9.712 billion Thorn77ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 82.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn77ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,334 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 137,395 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Acute politicians deride opposition members for being obtuse, Thorn77 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, overly distant dads are conscripted into national nappy service, and newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn77's national animal is the Scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thorn77 is ranked 17,623^rd in the world and 1^st in fluffy squishfish for Highest Poor Incomes, with 97,976.88 Standard Monetary Units.