The Republic of Thorn2006 is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its smutty television, ritual sacrifices, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.661 billion Thorn2006ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 41.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn2006ian economy, worth 569 trillion lire 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. 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 an impressive 122,238 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Recognizing the Thorn2006ian flag qualifies you for citizenship, the immigration office has an express line for people bringing cash in briefcases, patriots insist that size does matter, and animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn2006's national animal is the beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn2006 is ranked 44,326^th in the world and 572^nd in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,330.44 on the Gilded Widget Scale.