The Republic of Thygiastra is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by the Prime Executive with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, avowedly heterosexual populace, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 5.568 billion Thygiastrans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thygilasdra. The average income tax rate is 46.7%.

The very strong Thygiastran economy, worth 434 trillion kiasmas 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 slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. 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 77,975 kiasmas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thygiastra's national animal is the armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thygiastra is ranked 286,636^th in the world and 7^th in Cell Phone Lot for Rudest Citizens, with 14.16 insults per minute.