The Republic of Thorn520 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 1.6 billion Thorn520ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.6%.

The strong Thorn520ian economy, worth 89.7 trillion guilders a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,072 guilders, with the richest citizens earning 7.2 times as much as the poorest.

Women across the country are tying the knot, programmers often reinvent the wheel, money is being desperately pumped into the ruined economy, and separatists boast glistening offices on Thorn520 City's Embassy Row. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn520's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn520 is ranked 90,586^th in the world and 1,750^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,747.89 on the Gilded Widget Scale.