The Republic of Thorn436 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and compulsory gun ownership. The cynical population of 1.635 billion Thorn436ians 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Thorn436ian economy, worth 123 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,724 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines, roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, a large concrete wall is being built around the country's borders, and Thorn436 successfully hosted the Suspicious Olympics. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn436's national animal is the tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn436 is ranked 39,421^st in the world and 171^st in Suspicious for Highest Food Quality, scoring 41.94 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.