The Queendom of Thorvel is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Marie III with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 26.996 billion Thorvelers are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Administration, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Healthcare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hàrland. The average income tax rate is 1.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorveler economy, worth a remarkable 6,696 trillion Golden crowns 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, highly specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, 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 amazing 248,065 Golden crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enthusiasm for abstract art has gone up in smoke, politicians are forced to wear portable lie detectors at all times, popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, and unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorvel's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Medieval roman catholicism.

Thorvel is ranked 331,081^st in the world and 283^rd in Forest for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -33.25 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.