The County of Thereisnogodistan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Mayor Albrecht Stiglitz with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 18.745 billion Thereisnogodistanis 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thereisnogodabad. The average income tax rate is 62.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Thereisnogodistani economy, worth 596 trillion Abanhfleft new penenks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 31,816 Abanhfleft new penenks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, Mayor Albrecht Stiglitz has just been declared ruler of Thereisnogodistan in an international press conference, a new generation of aquariumless hotels are being built under government supervision, and atheism has been named as Thereisnogodistan's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thereisnogodistan's national animal is the ayatollah kingfisher and its national religion is atheism.

Thereisnogodistan is ranked 84,597^th in the world and 19^th in Antarctica for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.5 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.