The Holy Empire of Thessilanica is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, devout population of 170 million Thessilanicans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Thessilanican economy, worth 3.76 trillion Thessils 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 led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 22,118 Thessils, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nudity is frowned upon, Leader can finally stop kneading the dough and start rolling in it instead, bicyclists are banned from major roads, and organ donation rates have hit a new low. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thessilanica's national animal is the Lion.

Thessilanica is ranked 153,749^th in the world and 3,923^rd in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,199 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.