The Republic of Threemining is a fledgling, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 6 million Threeminingians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 58.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The weak Threeminingian economy, worth 159 billion Cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 26,564 Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Threemining's national animal is the Card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Threemining is ranked 157,923^rd in the world and 45^th in Fish Storage for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring zero on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.