The Republic of Thorn512 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory military service. The compassionate population of 1.59 billion Thorn512ians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 37.8%.

The strong Thorn512ian economy, worth 107 trillion guilders a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,601 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Lobbyists are trying to convince government to recategorize most natural disasters as "non-critical naturogenic inconveniences", soldiers on first dates introduce themselves only by their ranks and serial numbers, citizens must inform the government each time they have a haircut, and pirates armed with sonar-guided semi-autonomous torpedos and laser weapons systems are often seen capturing fishing trawlers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn512's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn512 is ranked 84,943^rd in the world and 1,608^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,979.16 on the Gilded Widget Scale.