The Republic of Thorn41 is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, enslaved workforce, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.001 billion Thorn41ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 78.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn41ian economy, worth 597 trillion Euros a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,526 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Talking during class is a gateway to lifelong drug addiction, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, children asking questions about science are referred to relevant sections in religious texts, and people's charity begins and ends at home. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn41's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn41 is ranked 9,670^th in the world and 7^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,785.32 on the Gilded Widget Scale.