The Republic of Thorn383 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, zero percent divorce rate, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.033 billion Thorn383ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 46.1%.

The powerhouse Thorn383ian economy, worth 167 trillion dragon dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,501 dragon dollars, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Understaffed slavers offer highballs when asked to 'pass the screwdriver' during household maintenance, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, studio executives abandon tragic stories of star-crossed lovers because "it's been done", and "Mad Max: Returning Again to Barrydrome" is this year's unexpected summer blockbuster. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn383's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Thorn383 is ranked 60,158^th in the world and 975^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,261.41 on the Gilded Widget Scale.