The United Kingdom of Thovaden is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, vat-grown people, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.211 billion Thovadenians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Law & Order and Defense also on the agenda, while Environment and Social Policy aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Thovadenian economy, worth 197 trillion Qubits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 163,300 Qubits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,468,095 per year while the poor average 2,278, a ratio of 644 to 1.

Hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead", seafood restaurants regularly receive complaints that the food is still moving, commercial breaks often lead to nervous breakdowns, and the might of the entire Thovadenian Navy is focused on fifty bemused spear-throwing islanders. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Thovaden's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thovaden is ranked 235,398^th in the world and 98^th in Horizon for Largest Populations, with 1.21 billion capita.