The Nomadic Peoples of Threshed Childs is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 425 million Threshed Childrens have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 35.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Threshed Childsian economy, worth 20.7 trillion Seeds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,790 Seeds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", tower block residents are each held responsible for four square inches of front lawn, and children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Threshed Childs's national animal is the Bird of a Murmuration, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Threshed Childs is ranked 117,485^th in the world and 2^nd in The Great Allies for Most Developed, scoring 58.48 on the Human Development Index.