The Republic of Thorn508 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, infamous sell-swords, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The cynical, devout population of 1.561 billion Thorn508ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Thorn508ian economy, worth 100 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,197 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tie-dye has been outlawed for being 'too occult', ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools, the country is rumored to be a Brancalandian puppet state, and the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn508's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn508 is ranked 48,615^th in the world and 923^rd in Suspicious for Most Corrupt Governments, with 41.66 kickbacks per hour.