The Republic of Thorn394 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.003 billion Thorn394ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 58.5%.

The all-consuming Thorn394ian economy, worth 191 trillion dragon dollars 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. 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 95,679 dragon dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 464,958 per year while the poor average 11,371, a ratio of 40.9 to 1.

Every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, and broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn394's national animal is the peregrine falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Thorn394 is ranked 50,394^th in the world and 733^rd in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,888.86 on the Gilded Widget Scale.